WORRY NOT GREAT ADMIRAL, FOR FEAR WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU

Gökhan Gökseven

23 February - 01 April 2023

Having built himself an artistic identity based on concepts such as mystery, shudder, disappearance, longing, submission, perishment, and heat, Gökhan Gökseven welcomes the audience to stages where uncanny feelings play the lead star on his second solo exhibition and first at x-ist “WORRY NOT GREAT ADMIRAL, FOR FEAR WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU”.

Gökseven believes, “Fear is not only one of the strongest motivators in life but also an essential feeling that is most dreaded in the subconscious. While all organisms need water to live, fear is at the center of each organism.” In his new selection of works, he sets off from himself to explore the intertwining of these two elements.

The works on display represent fractions from the past of a parallel world where the storyteller’s mood is crystallized and turned into objects. Some of these fractions are memories while others are personal belongings, profiles, findings, or the dreams, nightmares, or confusion of these profiles.

Comprising oil paints, gouache, and patterns, Gökseven’s exhibition is named after a phrase told by an ancient Maori healer who resists being crushed by the sinking of the said void, in the last years of his life: WORRY NOT GREAT ADMIRAL, FOR FEAR WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU.

An Endless End

Pencil on paper, 29 x 37,5 cm

Growth

Oil on linen canvas, 130 x 130 cm

Dwellers

Oil on cotton canvas, 85 x 150 cm

Findings

Oil on linen canvas, 120 x 140 cm

Get yer lobsters&chips ‘ere before venturing forth!

Oil on linen canvas, 130 x 130 cm

Ineluctable Demise of Captain Longhead

Pencil on paper, 29 x 37,5 cm

Independence Day of d'Jakania

Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm

Little Pleasures

Gouache on paper, 30 x 24 cm (with frame: 44 x 38 cm)

Memories

Gouache on paper, 40 x 30 cm (with frame: 54 x 44 cm)

Return To Nest

Oil on linen canvas, 100 x 115 cm

Skeleton Crew #6

Gouache on paper, 30 x 24 cm (with frame: 44 x 38 cm)

Untitled

Oil on paper, 32 x 27 cm

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Oil on paper, 32 x 27 cm

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Oil on paper, 32 x 27 cm

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Oil on paper, 42 x 34 cm

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Gouache on paper, 30 x 24 cm (with frame: 44 x 38 cm)