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Redrawing the language of traditional Anatolian wall carpets through the intrusions of the modern world. Pastoral scenes are interrupted by tanks, burning vehicles, digital-era icons, and atomic blossoms turning the carpet from a nostalgic ornament into a contemporary surface of memory. By preserving and destabilizing the woven aesthetic, I place rural serenity and industrial tension within the same frame. These works explore what happens to beauty, threat, and the myth of progress when a familiar textile suddenly hosts an unfamiliar object.
My name is Berkay Güngörmüş. I currently run my own gallery called "The Old Pond" in Berlin, Germany. I am a visual artist, and these are some of my most recent works.
Through my wall rug works, I explore tension, irony, and quiet contradiction.
Each piece is created as a wall rug, hand-painted in the visual language of traditional Anatolian and Eastern European textiles.
By combining familiar ornamental aesthetics with unexpected contemporary imagery, the works invite a second look, a moment where comfort and discomfort exist side by side. What first appears decorative slowly reveals layered meanings shaped by history, memory, and everyday symbols.
Rather than offering clear statements, the rugs function as reflective surfaces. They suggest connections between past and present, beauty and disturbance, tradition and disruption allowing viewers to form their own interpretations beyond fixed narratives.
Berkay Gungormus
Gallery: Prenzlauer Allee 223 / Berlin / Germany
Contact: artgallerypond@gmail.com
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