Amigydala Series and Others Works by Sonia Serpil Aslan

Concepts such as spiritualism, subconscious, dream, identity, sexuality, social judgments and
establishment and hierarchy between woman – man constitute the point of origin of my sculptures.
My sculptures appearing black – white (neutral), with the effect of the color used, reveal themselves
much more striking and sometimes by forcing perception. The “eerie” (insecure) circumstance, arising
especially with the effect of the red color used on every one of my recent sculptures, “irritates” the
viewers. In my works I am showing tragic events, injustice, rebellion and despair, buried deep within
the subconscious, from the eyes of a child,by using symbols which will make us remember these.
Thus, sadness, anxiety and fear comes up automatically and humanely when an innocent child is
standing there before us wretchedly. At this point I am trying to confront the viewer with our feelings
and past that we are all exposed to but ignore, do not embrace, cannot define and leave in the dark
because we can not bring to light.

Portfolio Entries

““Welcome to My World”, 2014”

“"My Guardian Angel", 2014”

“Big Bang!, 2014”