During our visit to Pilar Corrias Gallery, 4me4you had the opportunity to experience What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept, a powerful new exhibition of paintings by Hayv Kahraman.
Through a series of striking and contemplative works, Kahraman reflects on themes of displacement, grief, belonging, and our often-fragile relationship with the natural world.
Her paintings explore not only the physical separations caused by conflict and migration, but also the quieter sense of disconnection many of us feel from the land, our histories, and the deeper knowledge carried through generations.
Her paintings explore not only the physical separations caused by conflict and migration, but also the quieter sense of disconnection many of us feel from the land, our histories, and the deeper knowledge carried through generations.
Water flows throughout the exhibition as both symbol and material, appearing as tears, rivers, oceans, and within the artist’s own creative process.
Using marbling techniques that involve immersing canvases in water, Kahraman transforms painting into an act of reflection, healing, and remembrance.
The works do not seek easy answers; instead, they invite viewers to sit with uncertainty, to acknowledge loss, and to reconnect with the relationships that bind us to one another and to the world around us.
At a time marked by environmental crisis, conflict, and profound social change, What Cannot Be Said Will Be Wept feels both deeply intimate and universally relevant.
It is an exhibition that asks us to consider how personal grief and collective grief are often intertwined, and how healing may begin through recognising our connection to something larger than ourselves.
Artist: Hayv Kahraman
