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London Based Elvan Erdin:
A solo show of paintings
 
  Elvan works with a range of materials putting together layers of surfaces, informed by Ancient History, Cave Art and Social Anthropology.

Mimicking the effects of time on the events of life, each layer gets partly or sometimes fully covered by the next one. Textures of information appear, opening the surface to the viewer's interpretation. Fragmented but continuous patches and textures reveal a resemblance to the excavated pieces of man made documentation.

Although application of certain amount of technical control is sometimes inevitable 'lucky accidents' which happen during creative process are generally encouraged. Her work is about continuity through organic growth rather than control. It strives to place value in meaning rather than shape.

Her interest lies in time and space and, the place of human angle in it.

Beginnings of the mind and consciousness, dustiness of the past, distant places and diverse cultures all provide sources of inspiration for her work. Visually, emotionally, and in thought she aims to create non-linear depths to be entered and explored by the viewer.

'I guess, the reactions we all have developed to the contemporary ways of life and the recent world events in general, along with the personal effects of having lived with the feeling of being misplaced for a long time, always a slight outsider in the country I lived in, and now, after 25 years of being away a slight outsider also in my country of origin, are the driving forces behind my work' are her comments when questioned about the non-ordered and burdened atmosphere generated by her paintings.

Developing a more ordered structure and clarity of understanding, her more recent work seems to be de-cluttering itself, while beginning to focus at a more immediate time and environment for its material. The text which is used as a visual symbol for telling and recording also seems to be diminishing.

Details of her event are available at the calendar section.