Standstill
Exhibition Statement
What happens in the instant before creation takes form? Standstill is an intense, reflective, and experimental duo exhibition that brings to life the restless pause from which the paintings on the walls come into being. In this space, identity is not fixed; it is hinted, shadowed, and revealed through the forms and movements within the works.
Two artists, each with a distinct style, meet in this fragile space, connecting through shared unease and openness. Silhouettes capture moments that cannot be revisited, evoking unresolved emotions, with shadows and light shifting across the forms. Abstraction moves unpredictably, like a mind caught in agitation and unwelcome thoughts.
The paintings are the concrete outcomes of this pause, expressions of courage, unsettled perspective, and creative energy. Standstill is not only to be observed; it is meant to be inhabited. Interactive works invite visitors to inhabit this tension, sensing the intensity and energy that drives creation.
About
Standstill Exhibition by Meltem Cetinoglu and art.is.nectar was born over a coffee on a cold Berlin winter evening and saw the first light of existence from 27.09.-11.10.2025 at Kunstraum Heartspace / Berlin.
Vernissage: 27.09.2025 / Finissage: 11.10.2025
Photography: Tali Niki
Music: DJean
Butoh-Performance: Yoshihiro Shimomura with Shingo Masuda (Qanun) & Jung-Jae Kim (Saxophon)
Meltem Cetinoglu "shadows I made mine", "the gaze that therefore you are" and "just a modern human" meeting "colliding senses 25:1"
Meltem Cetinoglu "shadows I made mine" meeting "colliding senses 25:1"
"the gaze that therefore you are" & "just a modern human" by Meltem Cetinoglu
Meltem Cetinoglu "Solochrome I & II" meeting "sounds of distortion 25:1"
"seek my heart no longer..." installation
Meltem Cetinoglu "untitled" meeting "weight of darkness" and "unraveling 25:1"
Meltem Cetinoglu "standstill (interrupted)"
Meltem Cetinoglu "truth carriers" meeting "the lover that I'm not" and "unraveling 25:2"
Meltem Cetinoglu "the lover that I'm not" meeting "unraveling 25:2"
a silent corner for photographies from the i.made.us.a.space project
a hidden treasure of nsfw polaroids
