that which glows — betulaksu

Betül Aksuthat which glows
2022
15x15 cm each
acrylic on 300 gsm paper

This series consists of ten paintings, six in black and four in blue. Across their surfaces, subtle white marks suggest light reflecting on water, as if seen from above. The works move between abstraction and recognition, between looking and naming.

The uneven distribution between black and blue introduces a sense of shifting time and space. The black paintings hold the depth and density of night, or of sea that resists visibility. The blue ones suggest proximity, shallowness, or the way light clings to a surface. As a whole, the series maps a passage through changing conditions of perception, tracing how light appears, disappears, and reappears again.

that which glows considers how visibility is shaped by context and distance. The glow does not announce itself. It appears through careful attention, as a form of presence that resists classification. The viewer is invited to stay with ambiguity, to sense rather than define. The series reflects on the politics of perception. It asks what is allowed to be seen, what is withheld, and what glows in spite of it all.