Mythological thinking, art collide in exhibition

If we are to judge how artworks develop, we should be looking back at how life becomes more meaningful for artists and how they give meaning to life. For some artists, a meaningful life can be discovered through awareness and collaborating tales and mythologies in it. Canan is the kind of artist who values life and mythological thinking at the same time. Somehow, she discovered the power of combining how tales, mythology and daily life coincide with each other in the same intersection. Within this intersection, or let's call it a third space of intervention, she creates her works. Her way of approaching her own art is intriguing. She loves to find her drive from stories and tales while she creates her own interpretations of them.

Her latest exhibition "Imaginary Realm" at Odeabank's art space O'Art, curated by Begüm Güney, is a proof of how the artist is able to create stories, write her own tales while luring viewers into a gallery space urging them to see the world that she created.

This is a world of spells, tales, and mythologies. In each artwork hides a story behind and forces the viewer to discover the depths of the artwork as they listen to the story told by Canan. Each story has a character that is created by the artist.

The artist creates these characters' as sculptures to make the viewer understand the mythological thinking behind her stories.

"I love to create art using symbols, mythologies and tales," said Canan, noting that her current exhibition revealed with the concept of scents.

"I was in Burgazada [an island off Istanbul] and walking at night. I picked up scents such as jasmine, magnolia and all scents came to me suddenly." She decided to create an artwork, in fact an installation based on scents. "So, the scent...