Discipline
Paint and photography
About the artist
They say that all poets come from somewhere. #-Emir Erkaya can be seen as one of them. Residing in Istanbul, the artist takes inspiration from the ancient and recent urban history, subcultures, mythology, Anatolian civilizations and the political history of Turkey. His artworks, fabling the societal issues and the people in his life, give references beyond temporal and cultural borders. Occasionally highlighting sexuality and suspense, the artist’s artworks notate the dichotomies of the good and the bad, the perpetrator and the victim, man and woman in a Renaissance density, while Erkaya studies the hermaphrodite forms.
2022, Marla, Oil on canvas, 53×100 cm
2022, Kali, Oil on canvas, 35×50 cm
Other works of the artist
2016, Eylem, Oil on canvas, 50×70 cm
2018, Three women, Oil on canvas, 60×70 cm