Hüseyin Arıcı

Mercy (2020)

The creator of all universe,

Have mercy on me and the world you created.

Forgive me.

Everywhere I look, I see grief. My eyes don’t see the good. Lift the veil to save me from this gloom.

What have ı fallen into? What has been my struggle?

Have mercy and take me from these people, or “forgive me” live you forgave them! Forgive me so that ı don’t see all these problems despite my seeing eyes… So that I don’t see the hurtful words, like they do, despite my hearing ears…

Have mercy and kill me so that I won’t give happiness to those who criticize my word and watching me while I have got hurt.

Have mercy and let it kiss me. Let me be a prince or princess. Like all those people who see themselves as beautiful and superior… Free me from my hunchback. Let me stop being meyself and let me be like them.

Have mercy and let me fall in love too… Let me wrap myself around the neck of my lover like doves and pigeons… Let people nourish while they watch the fruit of our love and our product...

Have mercy and let my milk leak to your feet… Let no belief be halal to me or me or your other servants. Neither I nor your servants could know the value of beliefs. It is not possible to find appreciation in this merciless age…

Have mercy and deplete your natural resources. Don’t let innocent ants be crushed for a piece of gold, a rock, or some fossils.

Have mercy to embarrass me… For being one of your servants who hunt wildlife for pleasure. Embarrass me for the creatures I delightfully savage and consume it with a big Show. For exhbiting their lifeless bodies…

Have mercy and don’t let other people love me. Don’t let them disrupt my net, the connection I have with myself… Let them love the spider. Forgive my narrow mind, my fear and judgement towards people…

Have mercy and let the shahmaran be alive. With its other half dead on its lap… Forgive your servants who are more monstrous than those they call “monsters”…

Have mercy on your birds nets anywehere. Destroy everything so that your creatures no longer need a home. Let the word have nothing to be destroyed.

Have mercy and forgive your flowers that are to dry, forgive the raims that let them go without water, and forgive the spiders that walk around them…

Have mercy and make me nothing… Let me be one on the inside and out.

Forgive me and my beloved ones…

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The Works of 'Mercy'

Have Mercy to Embarrass Me (I)
Oil paintin on acrylic on polimeric clay, rope, six edged frame, varnish
40 cm x 23 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy to Embarrass Me (I) (Detail)

Have Mercy to Embarrass Me (II)
Oil painting on acrylic on polimeric clay, rope, six edged frame, varnish
100 cm x 100 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy to Embarrass Me (II) (Detay)

Have Mercy and Let Me Fall in Love Too
Oil painting and acrylic on polimeric clay, oil on canvas, varnish
90 cm x 65 cm x 20 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Let Me Fall in Love Too (Detail)

Have Mercy and Kill Me
Oil on canvas, oil painting and acyrlic on polimeric clay
200 cm x 70 cm x 10 cm
2020

Have Mercy and Kill Me (Detail)

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (I)
Oil painting and acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
18 cm x 23 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (I) (Detail)

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (II)
Oil painting and acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
81 cm x 66 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (II) (Detail)

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (III)
Oil painting and acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
37 cm x 47 cm
2020

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (IV)
Oil painting and acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
47 cm x 57 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (IV) (Detail)

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (V)
Acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
30 cm x 34 cm
2020

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (V) (Detail)

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (VI)
Acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
44 cm x 58 cm
2021

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (VII)
Acrylic on polimeric clay, varnish
55 cm x 47 cm
2021

Have Mercy and Forgive Your Flowers that Are to Dry (VII) (Detail)

Have Mercy and Do Not Let Other People Love Me (I)
Oil painting and acrylic, gold leaf, varnish on polimeric clay
21 cm x 15 cm
2020

Have Mercy and Do Not Let Other People Love Me (I) (Detail)

Have Mercy and Do Not Let Other People Love Me (II)
Oil painting and acrylic, gold leaf, varnish on polimeric clay
21 cm x 15 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Do Not Let Other People Love Me (III)
Oil painting and acrylic end polimeric clay, cotton, polyester
12 cm x 9 cm
2020

Have Mercy and Deplete All Your Natural Resources (I)
Oil painting and acrylic, gold leaf, varnish on polimeric clay
61 cm x 70 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Deplete All Your Natural Resources (I) (Detail)

Have Mercy on Your Birds Nest Anywhere (I)
Oil painting and hand shaped ceramic and red clay on canvas
64 cm x 134 cm x 40 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy on Your Birds Nest Anywhere (I) (Detail)

Have Mercy on Your Birds Nest Anywhere (II)
Hand shaped ceramic and red clay on canvas
Variable dimensions
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Let My Milk Leak to Your Feet
Acrylic on polyester and gold leaf
22 cm x 22 cm x 30 cm
2020
Private Collection

Have Mercy and Let My Milk Leak to Your Feet (Detail)