Gültekin Bilge

I am a Turkish Cypriot artist. For me, life is like a painting. My works express my emotions about the world we live in and relationships we develop on a personal, social and political level. I work with fluid forms to create a dense texture with many portraits, some very obvious, others hidden deep within the composition. My paintings try to reflect life; some events appear very clear on the surface, but there can be many hidden agendas going on in the background. Ongoing struggles about identity, dominance, power and powerlessness, betrayal and double dealing are constant themes. The artworks have small and large portraits, reflecting my observation of similar patterns of behaviours and events played out in people's personal lives and also at the level of communities, nations and international politics.