Murat Burhanoğlu : Order of the House
at the exact moment of action,
when a foot is positioned at full arm’s length,
when a jaw sinks into the earth with that
precise tilt at the edge of the water,
when a calf stamps the ground with all its bulk,
a zone of indistinguishability appears.
a body in the present,
and the constant action of ancestors,
overlap in a form that has been pierced for
centuries,
in the unity of movement.
with this very action settled in the projection,
the distance of where to be in relation to the
other is drawn.
beings
on top of each other,
one under the other,
side by side,
in each other’s arms,
are all synonymous with survival.
fire is built by borrowing life from the other.
a dog leans to our left,
a snake coils up to our right.
Artworks Part of this Exhibition
Murat Burhanoğlu
Not herself, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1309
Murat Burhanoğlu
Temple of Disguise, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 140 cm
Artwork ID: 1301
Murat Burhanoğlu
Not himself, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1310
Murat Burhanoğlu
Sunday, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 100 cm
Artwork ID: 1303
Murat Burhanoğlu
Dragon, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 40 cm
Artwork ID: 1306
Murat Burhanoğlu
Disguise, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Artwork ID: 1304
Murat Burhanoğlu
By the river, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Artwork ID: 1300
Murat Burhanoğlu
The Eggs, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Artwork ID: 1305
Murat Burhanoğlu
Feast Taurus, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Artwork ID: 1302
Murat Burhanoğlu
The Sea Itself, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 200 cm
Artwork ID: 1312
Murat Burhanoğlu
A Very Ancient Cult, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 150 cm
Artwork ID: 1308
Murat Burhanoğlu
KEY, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1316
Murat Burhanoğlu
CULT, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1314
Murat Burhanoğlu
BITTEN, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1315
Murat Burhanoğlu
TIES, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1311
Murat Burhanoğlu
BIRTH, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1307
Murat Burhanoğlu
HIDDEN, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
Artwork ID: 1313
Murat Burhanoğlu
Murat Burhanoğlu, born in Istanbul and based in Amsterdam, is a painter whose practice revolves around monochromatic landscapes and the gestures of entities and animals that inhabit our world. His visual language draws on archaic rawness, ruins, and palaces. Artist’s first solo exhibition, Black Sun (2019), and his second, Order of the House (2023), were both within Ambidexter Gallery. His paintings are featured annually at major art fairs such as Contemporary Istanbul, and he has participated in group exhibitions in Istanbul, Izmir and Chios, Greece.