Depo hosts Kirkor Sahakoğlu's exhibition titled "Absent" comprised of 39 paintings and one video. Sahakoğlu's works are manifestations of a surprising rush of emotions, a profound anguish of the soul... Paintings of "Absent", created through improvisation with intense and free brushstrokes, bear the tokens of a soot-black reticence and a bleeding void. Coalescing with these paintings the video presents a disquieting reality, a harsh insurgence that questions life and death. "Absenté will be on view at DEPO Istanbul through March 29, 2015.