Fatih Temiz (b. 1991) explores the image in relation to environment, space, time, and social relationships. He strips the image of the meaning it gains from its social, spatial, and temporal context, bringing it face to face with the viewer once again. Using the most fundamental technique of painting he reproduces the existing image in a simplified form, often much larger than its original size. By abstracting the reproduced images from social, political, and ideological contexts, he manipulates the judgmental and perceptual meanings that society attaches to them, prompting us to reconsider these images. Instead of creating new images, he deconstructs existing human prototypes by detaching them from space and time, turning the image into text. The viewer is no longer confronted with a politicized image but with one they themselves produce.