Dirimart Canan Tolon: Havadan Sudan | About the Weather

About the Weather accompanied Canan Tolons second solo exhibition at Dirimart (23 November24 December 2023) with the same title. The bilingual publication gathers Tolons large-scale works in rust and acrylic on canvas, created in 2023, alongside earlier pieces in the same technique. Her abstract compositions emerge through a process that embraces chance: metal fragments placed on canvas interact with water, air, and weather, generating unpredictable rust forms shaped by conditions beyond the artists controlhumidity, pollution, temperature shifts, or wind. These works register environmental processes, functioning as both material traces and invitations to free association, constantly renewed in dialogue with the viewer. The volume also includes essays by art historian Berin Gölönü and curator Kevser Güler, who reflect on Tolons practice and the exhibitions ironic title, which alludes to our tendency to avoid urgent concernssuch as the climate crisisby resorting to small talk about the weather. Text in English and Turkish. Autorid: Berin Gölünü, Kevser Güler