cellular spleens · Yiğit Özen

cellular spleens, 2020

Acrylic on canvas, 100 × 120 cm (39 ⅜ × 47 ¼ in). Painting by Yiğit Özen (decentralize*).

A bulky standing form occupies the centre, assembled from large overlapping ovals in dusky blue, mauve, pale pink, deep red and grey green, all edged in black. Its upper section is a cluster of small loops in red, yellow, green and blue, topped by green and black vertical strokes that fan out across the top edge. One thin arm reaches left to a small dark tip; a curved tubular shape hangs at the right. The form stands on a long dark red body with two black wheels along the bottom. Streaked grey and white fill the background. A black signature mark sits in the lower right corner.

Below lies a long, flat car, a thick black wheel at each end; it fills the whole breadth of the painting and a large body stands upon it. One foot sunk into the middle of the bodywork, the other braced on its edge, no balance, the stance liable to break at any moment.

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