SENA 7 “Dip”

Evliyagil Dolapdere is getting ready to open its doors on the 7th of December, Saturday with the 7th solo exhibition of SENA, 7 “Dip” curated by Beral Madra as a first solo show at Evliyagil Dolapdere since its opening.

7 “Dip” which will take place in Evliyagil Dolapdere as SENA’s 7th solo show, is telling that amongst her generation SENA has a distinctive way of contribution to the a present requisite to neo-surrealistic image. With paintings, drawings, prints and ceramic and mixed media 3D works she uses the archetype aesthetics and neo-surrealistic aura to experiment with singular styles or modes of representation that pushes her beyond the usual day-to-day practices.

Curator: Beral Madra; “...With SENA's paintings, drawings, prints and ceramic and mixed media 3D works we enter into the traditional forms and aesthetics of art making. Large scale drawings and their conceptual equivalent prints show her skill and mastery of depicting the convived image. The 3D works are the audacious outcome of these cosmos of images. The overall reflection of the works openly display an correspondence to archetype , aesthetics of Carl Jung's philosophy and to the current explorations in Surrealism, as a means to explore the relation between conscious and subconscious realm...”*
*From catalogue text “RE-Emerge”, Beral Madra, SENA 7 “Dip” Evliyagil Dolapdere 2019.