Sarkis. 100 - Munch'tan Sonra | 100 - After Munch

This book was published within the context of the exhibition titled 85 Screams: After Munch held at Dirimart Dolapdere between 2 September and 15 October 2023. The book comprises the photographic reproductions of his 100 oil on paper pieces (32 x 24 cm), a series titled 100 Screams: After Munch, which Sarkis created between November 2014 and January 2015 and provides the basis of the exhibition under consideration.

In this series that is drawn from the figure in Munch’s Scream, which Sarkis came across in his early childhood and has resonated in many of his works for many years, Sarkis attempts to embrace the speed of a human scream, conveying distinctive screams on paper with white and red oil paints as they come out of the paint tubes without using any brush. Their photographic reproductions in the book, produced right after they are made, with particular stress on their constant transformation in time and different geographies, are presented to the book enthusiasts on the occasion of Sarkis’ 85th birthday, in an autobiographical manner, starting with the artist’s birth year, 1938, and reaching to 2023 and beyond.