A New Language of Expression in Sculpture…
Sculptures created through the union of glass, lead, and wood…
“Glass is noble, humble, yet uncompromising. It neither strains you nor itself; it simply yields — abandoning both its own being and the form you seek — shattering in your hands. If you cannot follow the dance inherent in its nature, you cannot arrive at harmony or meaning together. Yet it finds expression in both the sharpest, hardest lines and the most fluid, gentle forms. It is both rational and emotional. I loved glass in its smallest movements, in its most minimal presence. While seeming to say nothing, the meanings it multiplies confronted me with questions of existence, desire, renunciation, and the serenity attained through the unity of reason and feeling. To explore its presence when combined with other elements, to bring together two distinct colors and two distinct forms, to experience this solid substance that is in fact liquid…”
Emire Konuk studied sculpture at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and theatre at the Sorbonne. Following an internship and assistantship in film directing for French television, she produced documentary and experimental films in France and England. In Turkey, she worked for many years as a director and producer of promotional, advertising, and documentary films. In 1995, she began studying glass at the workshops and furnaces of Paşabahçe factories, and in 1996 established her own glass studio.
