Comet

The conceptualisation of an image takes precedence over the image itself in Leylâ Gediz’ paintings. Ideas and concepts initiate the artist’s working process, with their origins often in her own past, her childhood and memories, or objects that recall these to the present. Interested in questions concerning the materiality of painting, its association with time, and its place in our lives, she often incorporates into her artistic process the spaces where she produces and displays her works, as well as giving form to her painting within three-dimensional spaces.

"Comet" was also produced when Gediz was a student, a period during which she created work about painting itself and its performative aspect. "Comet" also has a dark background, with only partially visible forms that appear as though they were scratched into the surface, reminiscent of memories that dissolve before they can break the surface.