Pool
Melih Çebi
Pool, 2024
Acrylic on Paper
© Melih Çebi, 2024
This piece suits retirement or just because cards - an ironic nod to the fantasy of escape. Two figures lounge on painted water, their blank expressions both calm and oddly detached. The saturated blue shimmers with a manufactured calm, while the carefree scene feels staged - like summer fun caught in a stock photo freeze-frame. It’s a sly, humorous take on leisure: all surface, no substance, and maybe that’s part of the point.
Melih Çebi
Pool, 2024
Acrylic on Paper
© Melih Çebi, 2024
This piece suits retirement or just because cards - an ironic nod to the fantasy of escape. Two figures lounge on painted water, their blank expressions both calm and oddly detached. The saturated blue shimmers with a manufactured calm, while the carefree scene feels staged - like summer fun caught in a stock photo freeze-frame. It’s a sly, humorous take on leisure: all surface, no substance, and maybe that’s part of the point.
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