MArchives Collection // Iconographic archives database // 2011 - . . .
MArchives Collection // Iconographic archives database // 2011 - . . .
visual and mixed
media artist //
MAVI MELEK // Blue Angel // 2016
The starting inspiration came from “Der blaue Engel“, 1930 (The Blue Angel), Marlene Dietrich’s first film. Dietrich is one of the most famous feminine icons of the 1930s silver screen cinema, she is the embodiment of glamour, yet continues to exude mystery and define strength in femininity well into present day. Blue is the prominent color-element in my work, due to it’s presence in my personal memory and narrative, The blue thread that connects all of my artworks, is a journey through the image, which recounts the different stories of women joined in collective memory.
The social, political and cultural legacy of our various iconic feminine experiences inspire our generation and inform representations which remain inexorably tied to our various individual and collective memories. Here, the women embodying these experiences are the Blue Angels.
@Erratum Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Event as part of the Month of Photography OFF Berlin.
Photography, photographic archive, 500 x 170 cm, digital print on shower curtains. [MArchives Collection]
Photography, photographic archive, 500 x 170 cm, digital print on shower curtains. [MArchives Collection]
Photography, photographic archive, 500 x 170 cm, digital print on shower curtains. [MArchives Collection]
Photography, photographic archive, 500 x 170 cm, digital print on shower curtains. [MArchives Collection]
photography, digital fine art print, 140 x 110 cm.
photography, digital fine art print, 140 x 110 cm.
10 photographs, 29 x 18 cm each, Rhodoïd print.
10 photographs, 29 x 18 cm each, Rhodoïd print.
10 photographs, 29 x 18 cm each, Rhodoïd print.18 cm each. rodoide print.
video, 2:18 min, projection on a book. Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain.
video, 2:18 min, projection on a book. Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain.
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]
// The blue Angels of Constantinople // 2016 7 resins, 22 x 10 x 6 cm each. 7 turquoise plexiglas columns, various sizes, light system. Photographic archives [MArchives Collection]