Pg Art Gallery is pleased to host Derya Geylani Vuruşan’s exhibition titled “A Silent Ascent” between April 4 and May 2.
The exhibition marks a new phase in the artist’s long-standing engagement with glass. The imagistic movement that appeared as a “leap” in her earlier works here ceases to represent a singular moment; instead, it evolves into a wave form that unfolds over time, transforms from within, and gains continuity. The focus shifts from the trace of a frozen instant to the flow itself—slowly rising, receding, and reconstituting as an ongoing process.
The blown glass units exist as individual elements, each carrying its own temporality; yet when brought together, they form a non-linear weave of movement. This weave unfolds as a state of continuous oscillation, where rising and withdrawal, condensation and dispersion intertwine. The wave encountered in the exhibition does not point toward a fixed climax or resolution; rather, it traces a continuously transforming experience, composed of recurring yet never identical rhythms.
Transformations in the artist’s personal life permeate the memory of the material without becoming a direct narrative. Adaptation and acceptance become visible through the layers and movement of glass. Bodily motions, along with internal and external oscillations, resonate within the frozen fluidity of glass; in this way, the personal opens onto a universal experience. Here, the body is not merely a physical entity, but a surface through which time and change pass.
Glass emerges as a threshold material beyond fragility. While it seems to suspend time as the frozen state of a fluid substance, this suspension is not static. Repeated forms regenerate the continuity of movement; time ceases to unfold linearly and instead transforms into a cyclical rhythm felt within the body.
A Silent Ascent focuses on the undulating nature of transformation. Exuberance and fragility, flow and acceptance, density and lightness coexist within the same movement. Through glass, the artist renders her own experience visible, while inviting the viewer to attune to the rhythm of this quiet ascent and to enter into a relationship with the flow through their own internal oscillations.
