Brightwork Series presents: 
Çukurova Plain by Ayla Gizlice

Thursday, November 5 - Sunday, December 20

Image: Worm’s Eye View of the Peanut Field (detail), 2020, Hand-dug Raleigh clay, wire, 8'x8'x10'

Photographs by: Sally Van Gorder

Ayla Gizlice is a Turkish-American artist born in Raleigh. Çukurova Plain examines presentations of Osmaniye, her father’s hometown, in her own American one. The work serves as an introduction to this space apart from the tension that is electrified by current events and media portrayals. The space has been set aside as a respite from this tension, using humor and reflection to subvert the stereotypical American narrative of Middle Eastern life and landscape.