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Digitally woven tapestries,
dimensions variable
2023
The Fairest 02 : Get used to this
14.09.23 -17.09.23
[...] Digitally woven tapestries, incorporating imagery from both Cypriot Christian and Turkish Cypriot Ottoman traditions collected along the border of Nicosia, Cyprus, undergo a transformative process. While recognising that these works may actually represent Western orientalist perspectives that have subsequently been commercialized, the artists chose to reverse them, giving them ghost-like qualities. Reduced to their foundational color palettes, these transformed works are stripped of their original cultural and historical significance. They evolve into abstract visual markers, offering a new perspective for contemplating notions of place, history, and cultural identity. [...]
In collaboration with Christos Kyriakidis
Curated by THE FAIREST