Niche is a space of tender withdrawal—where silence echoes in fabric, corners, and breath.
A woman leans into a curtain, wraps herself around a chair, rests in the light between two rooms. Niche explores the tactile relationship between the body and interior space—not performative, but quietly present. It is the private theatre of everyday solitude.
Burak Bulut Yildirim choreographs intimate moments that appear unposed. A woman curls into the corner of a sofa; another stands barely veiled by morning light. Textures take center stage: the weight of fabric, the softness of bedsheets, the silence of corridors. This series echoes the stillness of Vermeer’s interiors, the fragility of Nan Goldin’s photography, and Chantal Akerman’s domestic spaces. The camera observes, not intrudes—its gaze is distant but tender. Natural light and pastel tones become emotional syntax.
Yet this is not nostalgia. It traces how longing settles into corners, and how stillness leaves its mark on the walls. Bodies become instruments of architectural storytelling. Some cling to table edges as if trying to grasp a thought; others dissolve into the time-soaked folds of bedding. Time is intentionally slowed here. Niche is a study in both physical and emotional interiors. For collectors, each limited edition print becomes an artifact of architectural intimacy.
Burak’s most recent works convey portions of female body parts with extreme high contrast and in fusion with texture, however his works showing full female figures in interiors convey a sense of psychological and theatrical strategy towards understanding the relationship between figures and space.
Aedra Fineart – Michael Hanna. Full Article: https://www.aedrafinearts.com/single-post/burak-bulut-yildirim
