同行/拒绝格式化|Elif Saydam

“多年来，我一直以老大哥的方式为作品镀金。一开始是一种玩笑。但那姿态中还是有某种东西对我有冲击力。”

——Elif Saydam

Installation view, ‘F*rgiveness’, Tanya Leighton, Kurfürstenstraße 24/25, Berlin. 29 April – 25 June 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin and Los Angeles. Photography: Gunter Lepkowski

Zu spät (VI), 2022

23k gold, inkjet print and oil on canvas, 30 x 21 x 2 cm

Night store, 2022

Pure silver, chocolate wrappers, graphite, inkjet print and oil on linen , 119 x 84 x 4 cm

Late night shop, 2022

23k gold, chocolate wrapper, graphite, inkjet print and oil on linen, 119 x 84 x 4 cm

Weeping, 2022

Watercolor, pencil, inkjet print, 23karat gold, pure silver on handmade paper, 40 × 30 × 1 cm

Forced Intimacy, 2022

Laminated inkjet prints, plastic bags, steel fixture, zinc plated rings, 312×765×4 cm

Alles Muss Raus aka Just Another Asshole’s Shopping Basket, 2022, 23k gold, pure silver, inkjet transfer and oil on linen, 119×84 cm

Selling out, 2022 

23k gold, inkjet print and oil on canvas , 30 x 21 x 2 cm

Making lemonade, 2021

23k gold, inkjet transfer and oil on canvas, 59×41.5 cm

Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin

The Producer I (detail), 250 x 170 cm, 2021

Farfalle pasta, 24 k gold, copper, orange slices, beads, sequins, embroidery, eyelets, inkjet transfers and oil on denim; steel frames 

Courtesy of the artist and Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof

...Schläft sich durch, 2021, exhibition view, Kunstverin Harburger Banhof, Hamburg

The Drone I and II, 2021

Nazar charms, wild oats, raffia, silk, eyelets, inkjet transfers and squid ink on jute, steel frames

250 x 170 cm

在Elif Saydam的绘画、被子、版画和表演中，艺术家关注的是艺术和自然创作的过程以及个性。Saydam借鉴了历史和艺术传统以及商业广告，在她的作品中结合了不同的元素。

在Elif Saydam的作品中，幸运的明星们到处朝我们咧嘴笑，这是一种有点疯狂的微笑。它们红色的眼球显示出它们的疲惫和兴奋。它们可以在他们的绘画、装置和地毯上找到，旁边是水果、花朵、奥斯曼图案和其他大众文化的装饰元素，这些元素检验了品味的类别。并不是没有幽默感，而是怀着一种严肃的兴趣，质问自低级文化和高级文化分离以来，媚俗在艺术中有多大的正当性。Saydam大量使用装饰元素。凭借这种丰富，艺术家将自己定位于营地和酷儿：

Saydam的引用是字面的，但过于刺激。信息的泛滥有时会让你感到头晕和疲惫。喜欢永远感觉良好的广告心态。多少才算太多？过度修饰导致过度活跃：“过度的积极性也表现为过度的刺激、信息和冲动。它从根本上改变了注意力的结构和经济性。感知变得支离破碎和分散。”

The Producer I and II, 2021

Farfalle pasta, 24 karat gold, copper, orange slices, beads, sequins, embroidery, eyelets, inkjet transfers, oil on denim, steel frames, 250 x 170 cm

Blue Saloon, 2021

Custom printed carpet, 675 x 500 cm

Lose Ended, 2021

exhibition view, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland

Lose Ended, 2021

exhibition view, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland

Artists (gossip), 2020

23k gold, inkjet transfer and oil on canvas, 30×21 cm

Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin.

Free market, 2020

23 k gold, inkjet transfer and oil on canvas, 30 x 21 cm

Courtesy of the artist and Kunstverein Harburger Bahnho

La belle dame sans merci

installation view, Franz Kaka, 2019

I, pathogen, 2019

Courtesy the artist and Franz Kaka, Toronto

Mutter Natur, 2019

Courtesy the artist and Franz Kaka, Toronto

See you in the darkness, brother, 2019

Inkjet transfer, fresh cut flowers, aluminum grommets on dyed canvas, mounted on poplar board

la belle dame sans merci, 2019

Laminated inkjet prints on acetate, steel rings

 Live with me like I live with you, 2019

Inkjet transfer, aluminium grommets on dyed canvas, mounted on poplar board

Sleeplessness with Lindsey aka Lamentations on Productivity, to be Blunt, 2019–2022

23k gold, copper, inkjet transfer, dye and oil on hand-stitched canvas and linen, 200×230 cm.

Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin and Los Angeles. Photography: Gunter Lepkowski

Collaborative novel by Vera Palme and Elif Saydam for Broken Dimanche Press, 2018

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