Mehmet Arslan
a mountain village above Trabzon, Turkey
Mehmet Arslan has spent decades navigating the treacherous roads of his mountainous village, mastering the art of reading landscapes in any weather. Shaped by the early losses of childhood friends to preventable accidents, he became obsessed with safety and precision. He turned to art out of a need to process the words he'd penned in his notebook, using the nighttime hours to translate his thoughts into visual narratives.
About
Obsession
Smell of rain-soaked dirt on roads
Voice
Sharp mountain air in lungs
Artistic Medium
Natural soil pigments on scrap metal
Technique
Layering and etching into surfaces
Influences
Early morning fog, children's laughter echoes, scent of damp soil
Materials
Rusted metal sheets, local soils, old bus parts
Scale
Size of a school bus wheel
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