Dada, the Son, and the Holy Dude is a 10x4 feet oil paint mural.
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The composition references the Last Supper, a nod to the early Christian rendition of the same scene in a nearby cave, the Karanlik Kilise (Dark Church). The 12 apostles symbolize what people find meaningful. The sides and background pertain to the dynamic systems in which people and their beliefs co-evolve. The table and cables represent relationships between conceptual sets.
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To debase the โgods in our machines,โ constructs which conquer consciousness and divide people.
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Cheap oil paint cut with industrial paint thinner. Burnt Turkish coffee to keep the flies away.
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A month in Summer 2017 on a wall in the dining room of Pal Cafe, in รavuลin, Avanos, an artisan village in Eastern Turkeyโs Cappadocia region. Now a nearby pottery studio, Moru Atelier.
Heval, the cafe owner and retired archaeologist, commissioned the work. Photos by John Wreford.
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Heval sold his cafe in August 2019.
The wall was removed and stored for three years.
In 2022 it moved to Tayfun Orhan's MORU Atelier.
