Nilbar Güreş

A Rock on a Tongue

Year 2018
Medium Mixed media on paper
Dimensions 24 x 32 cm

About the work

The fabric does not seem to be where it is supposed to be. Bodies are naked, as in their original state. A long tongue is showing us a piece of rock. The rock is naked, too, as in its original state.

Date and country of birth

1977, TR>

About the artist

Nilbar Güreş (born 1977, Istanbul) lives and works in Istanbul and Vienna. Studied Fine Art at Marmara University, Istanbul (2000) and Fine Art at Malerei und Grafik, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna (2002). Select solo exhibitions include OVERHEAD, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz (2018); Jumping Bed and Female Lovers, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin (2018); Heartache of a Stone, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna (2017); and Open Phone Booth, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel (2016).  Select group exhibitions include From the Inside Out, Drawing Room, London (2018).