Excerpts from my interview with Sunday's Zaman, 18.12.2011
Exhibition: In the State of Ecstasy
The struggle and obligation for women to prove themselves all through their lives comes with an enormous psychological and physical load, a load that is hard to carry. Honestly, most of the time I wonder how we bear it. In the past, I have taken part in shows both in New York and Istanbul concentrating on similar issues: womanhood, bodies and reproduction, and psychological reflections of being female.
In this exhibition, however, I wanted to celebrate the female energy and power. Only by emphasizing the importance of empowering the female population, we can overcome some of the problems.
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