Witnessing Palestine: A Universal Memory from Vahap Aydoğan

Witnessing Palestine: A Universal Memory from Vahap Aydoğan

06.10.2025 13:12

The author, activist, and surreal biography artist Vahap Aydoğan witnesses the cry of Palestine. From the Yazidis in Şengal to Mahsa Amini, who lost her life in Iran, Aydoğan gives voice to many social memories, including Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi's call for justice. He conceptualizes his art as a space of memory opened against justice, resistance, and oblivion.

Vahap Aydoğan, known as a writer, activist, and surreal biography artist; is recognized for his works that resonate with many social memories, from the Yazidis in Şengal to Mahsa Amini, who lost her life in Iran, and the call for justice by Mattia Ahmet Minguzzi. Aydoğan's art is not only an aesthetic expression but also a constructed space of memory opened against justice, resistance, and oblivion. In his latest work, he witnesses the cry of Palestine.

Witnessing Palestine: A universal memory from Vahap Aydoğan
Witnessing Palestine: A universal memory from Vahap Aydoğan

BROKEN, INJURED, AND DISPERSED FORMS CARRY THE TRACE OF RESISTANCE

The child figures emerging from the fragmented surfaces remind us of bodies that resist existing within the ruins. Broken, injured, and dispersed forms carry the trace of resistance, not annihilation. The layered structure used by Aydoğan makes both the destruction of the city and the multiple layers of memory visible. The voids in the painting signify not only loss but also the emptiness of remembering and the possibility of re-existence.

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