Classical ideals promise coherence. Yet the human figure continues to resist the certainty of the forms devised to contain it. Reflections on history, identity and the unfinished self following a visit to RH London. The Language of Order Uxbridge House in Mayfair was...
A Portrait Should Not Promise Permanence Historically, portraiture was built to resist change. A painted face carried status, lineage, beauty and authority beyond the instability of an individual life. The person might age, lose power or disappear, but the portrait continued to insist on...
The Red QueenSimay KislaogluOil on Canvas | 120 × 180 cm “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.”— Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass This line, spoken by the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll’s chess-structured novel, captures the paradox of movement within...
Title: Queen Over KnightArtist: Simay KislaogluMedium: Oil on CanvasSize: 100 × 150 cmSeries: 64 Series There is a difference between movement and power. In Queen Over Knight, Simay Kislaoglu explores quiet authority through the language of chess. A woman stands still, calm, and...
Simay Kışlaoğlu | CHECKMATE January 2026 — Istanbul Oil on canvas, 120 × 180 cm | The 64 Series Checkmate is not about the game.It is about the moment you stop explaining yourself. In this painting, Simay Kışlaoğlu builds a portrait out of inner discipline. The chessboard is not...
