When We Woke, Our Bodies Were Not Our Own
Oil on canvas, 2025
120 × 100 cm · 47.2 × 39.4 in
Dance, 2022
Dans
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 40 cm · 15.7 × 15.7 in
EditionUnique
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Henri Matisse’s famous circle celebrating life turns, in Ali Demirci’s universe, into an uncanny death ritual. In the middle of a cold, desolate blue, red frogs in a trance take a bird’s skull as their totem…
About the work
This circular composition tells of the cycle between life and death in a grotesque language. The gloomy joy of the figures and the uncanniness of the setting make the viewer witness a rite that is both familiar and entirely strange. This 40 × 40 cm canvas is a concentrated interpretation of the Danse Macabre, in which Ali Demirci fits his grand narratives into an intimate format.
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