Sediments of the Breath—an exhibition by painter Banu Kaptan

In keeping with the principles of Chinese medicine, the Metal element here signifies a time of withdrawal—the moment when energy condenses and the breath becomes purer and more precise.
In Banu Kaptan’s works, this transition is embodied in a dark, deep material where light is not reflected but seems to emanate from within the pigment itself. The palette, composed of subtle shades of dark and hesitant hues, evokes the fragility inherent in being. It is a painting of the threshold, of the boundary, where the solidity of metal meets the vulnerability of the invisible.
When contemplating these works, the viewer is not merely looking at an image; they are entering into a dialogue with an inner world.

Banu Kaptan offers us a cartography of silences, a celebration of the beauty that resides in what eludes us, withdraws, and ultimately reveals itself.