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AHMET FITOLOĞLU
Birds and figure — Ahmet Fitoloğlu, 2018, Mixed media on canvas

A vertical composition: at the bottom doves and a child's head; in the middle a red and black figure; above, other birds and abstract forms filling the sky. The work unfolds like a dream — it is unclear which side is earth and which is sky. Fitoloğlu's mixed media practice is here at its most mature: thick textured oil, graphite, free drawing and acrylic all share the same surface. The 'fine balance between control and freedom' from the manifesto confronts us exactly here: the birds are precise and recognisable, while the ground is entirely fluid and abstract. The artist builds the figure like a skeleton and makes the birds dance around that skeleton — a ritual, a release.

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