Burcu Yağcıoğlu, 1981

Burcu Yağcıoğlu deliberates on the concept of mutability in terms of images, objects, experiences, ideas and forms. Created for the 2016 “Ohne” [Without] group exhibition in Vienna, “Elancholia” emerges from the exhibition theme, which was structured on the concept of loss as well as the dimensional limitations set for the participating works. Rather than occupying the entire space specified, Yağcıoğlu decided to propose a tangible loss. In the middle is a drawing of worms as a reference to decay, which is strengthened by a barely legible word, KRONOS. In the work, the artist portrays the titan Kronos as a spirit who reinvents himself to become virtuous after being castrated by his son Zeus.