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A SURRENDER TO POWER

Ali Elmacı’s works depict the manipulative discourse produced by oppressive governments through the realms of the obscure and uncanny. 212 presents two new images from the artist’s latest series “I Can’t Reciprocate Your Feelings, Osman” for the first time.

ARTWORK BY ALİ ELMACI

TEXT BY ZEYNEP EREKLİ

 

Ali Elmacı has a degree in painting from Mimar Sinan Faculty of Fine Arts, and his paintings focus on an authoritarian and oppressive regime that is only concerned about guaranteeing submission to the government by eliminating personal privacy and breaking loyalties between people. His latest series “I Can’t Reciprocate Your Feelings, Osman” deals with the social transformation triggered by the neo-Ottoman ideology that has gained popularity in Turkey in recent times. With complete control over the power of the media, governments are able to employ their own methods to gradually pacify members of society. A bully wearing a horse’s head appears as absurd as it is eerie. Complemented with an axe bearing a floral pattern on the handle, the bully comes across as a real threat.