CONGLOMERATE
Solo exhibition at 'The Poligon Shooting Gallery' , Istanbul 23 December 2016 - 21 January 2017


A friend of mine, Altan Adalı, once told me that the most difficult painting for an artist to do is a self- portrait. "As you paint," he said," you'll know immediately when you're lying." Kaostantin is Şiir's self portrait of Istanbul... You may say this is not the Istanbul I know. If there's a lie about the city, don't look for it in her paintings. For too long we have been deluded by our consumption of the city. Not just through our gaping at grandiose projects undertaken by megalomaniac politicians and developers who can't see beyond their greed, but also through our artists, writers and poets who only see the city in their own image. Şiir brings together composite images of the city and its people from everyday life. Given its over 2000 year history, Istanbul having lived through empires, religions, earthquakes and destruction from within and without, is a uniquely ephemeral city. Şiir's paintings are not only a document to the future but a merry go round look at ourselves and Istanbul. Look carefully- you may even recognize yourself.
Gündüz Vassaf


Le rocce formate da frammen di altre rocce di ogni po che si accumulano, si compa ano e si cementano, sono de e clastiche o detritiche. Le rocce con frammen piu‟ grandi di 2 cm sono i CONGLOMERATİ, che derivano dalla lenta cementazione della gente.... scusate, delle ghiaie. Tali ghiaie possono essere spigolose, o arrotondate, segno di intensa usura...
Rocks formed from fragments of any kind of other rocks that have accumulated, compacted and cemented, are called clastics or detritics. Rocks with fragments bigger than 2 cm are CONGLOMERATES, which derive from the slow cementation of people... sorry, gravels. These gravels can be angular or rounded, a sign of strong abrasion...
Marco Mascia