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Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
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Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,
Mahmut Aydin, Contention,

Contention, 2016
Mahmut Aydin

Sculpture : resin

30 x 30 x 20 cm 11.8 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch

€7,000 7 000 €

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Numbered and limited to 8 copies

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Sculpture: resin

Dimensions cm • inch

30 x 30 x 20 cm 11.8 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Artwork location: France

With Contention, Mahmut Aydın stages a silent confrontation through a group of human figures whose bodies appear simultaneously close and fragile. Gathered in an almost ritualistic circular posture, these elongated and partially enveloped silhouettes suggest a suspended moment where tension, dependence, and vulnerability coexist.

The sculpture's composite materiality, combined with a dense and enveloping violet monochrome, lends the work an organic and symbolic dimension. The irregular surfaces and unfinished forms evoke a state of perpetual transformation, as if the figures were caught in a process of inner mutation or identity negotiation. Here, the artist explores the multi-layered nature of human existence and the complex dynamics that connect the individual to the surrounding social structures.

Bodies, deprived of a clearly defined individuality, become the vehicles for reflecting on power relations, mechanisms of influence, and the collective tensions that permeate contemporary society. In this almost suffocating proximity, confrontation appears not as a simple conflict, but as a necessary condition for awareness and transformation.

Through an approach that is both symbolic and subtly critical, Mahmut Aydın offers a sensitive reading of human relationships, where the fragile balance between attachment and opposition reveals the deep contradictions of the current social condition.

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Mahmut Aydin
Turkey  • 1989

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Mahmut Aydın is a contemporary artist whose sculptural practice explores the complex relationships between the individual, society, and the environment. Through a visual language that is both symbolic and narrative, he questions notions of identity, memory, and power, revealing the invisible tensions that structure contemporary human experience.

Her works depict figures, often solitary or interacting, within metaphorical situations where everyday objects acquire a poetic and critical dimension. Through a subtly ironic approach, the artist questions social constructs related to status, desire, and collective dynamics, while inviting the viewer to a sensitive reflection on the cultural and political mechanisms that shape our perception of the world.

Mahmut Aydın's approach is thus part of an artistic research where symbolism, narration and social critique meet, offering a contemporary reading of the human condition through sculptural forms that are both accessible and profoundly conceptual.

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