Publisher: JD Malat Gallery
Zümrütoğlu imagines this tradition through a contemporary veristic but surrealist lens where the original clarity and nobility of the human sitter is deconstructed into something more troubled and distorted. This creative strategy recalls the famous ancient prophecy: ‘For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known’ (Paul, 1 Corinthians, 13:12). As in the paintings, so in the sculptures, the scale of Modules for Unknown Composition III is almost colossal with the head and shoulders measuring nearly 3’ (90 cm) tall, dramatically enhancing the hierarchical relationship of power between the work and the viewer. The scale creates a quasi-iconic deconstructed image which, when resolved by the viewer, carries the potential of reconstruction into the original realistic and perhaps Platonic ideal perfect form.
