Parergon
2012

Exhibition view, Third Line Gallery, Dubai

Parergon considers the frame not as a passive boundary but as an unstable threshold—at once containing and collapsing the space it delineates. These sculptural structures, fragmented and left open, expose their own internal logic, challenging the assumption that framing is a neutral act. Instead, they function as sites of negotiation, where meaning remains in flux.

Extruded from the silhouettes of architectural landmarks such as Hagia Sophia and the Dome of the Rock, these forms carry the weight of history while resisting its fixity. As parerga, they inhabit the unstable terrain Jacques Derrida describes—neither fully inside nor outside, neither object nor ornament. In their incompleteness, Parergon unsettles framing as containment, shifting it into an open encounter where perception, context, and meaning remain unresolved.

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Parergon

2012

Exhibition view, Third Line Gallery, Dubai

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Parergon

2012

Exhibition view, Third Line Gallery, Dubai

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Untitled (Green Mosque)

2012

79" x 24" x 6"
Acrylic sheets, wood, lacquer