Temmuz 1983

Curator: Standing before us is "Temmuz," a mixed-media piece created by Füsun Onur in 1983. Editor: It strikes me immediately as deeply personal, almost like a page torn from a private journal. The textures and fragility are incredibly evocative. Curator: Absolutely. Onur frequently blurs the lines between drawing, collage, and textile, using commonplace materials to express complex ideas. Notice the juxtaposition of the coarse twine and delicate pencil lines. How do you interpret these symbolic choices? Editor: The twine, bundled like a sheaf of wheat, might represent harvest or perhaps even mortality. Then you have the sketched flowers above, delicate symbols of transient beauty contrasted against this sturdy material. The suspended fragment below, what’s that all about? Curator: Interesting interpretation of the bundle’s meaning. I'm particularly drawn to the geometric cutout filled with what seems to be netting. It suggests a sieve-like structure. Editor: It definitely breaks the composition up in a surprising way. It also contains little stitching suggesting a captured or a filtered image. A filter to perception. I do feel an undertone of melancholy or remembrance woven through this piece. Curator: I concur that this artwork resonates with introspective sentiments. Looking at the piece through a feminist lens, it feels radical in its subversion of traditional expectations of women's work and fine art practices. Editor: It really expands what constitutes 'art.' She redefines value and meaning through process. Curator: This piece invites a reconsideration of hierarchies, not just within art, but within our own lives, too. I wonder about this relationship in connection to Turkey’s social and political landscape. Editor: The lasting resonance for me lies in the tangible, emotive quality created through humble materials that manage to reveal and question the artist’s interior life. Curator: And it beautifully encapsulates the power of found materials in reflecting lived experience and quiet revolution in creative practice.