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Exhibition of the Goddesses of the Earth
Cultural Office of Austria / Istanbul January 2004

 

 

 Presentation by Prof.Mehmet Zaman Saçlıoğlu
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In another work, a women figure carrying round forms on her lap , symbolizing both her son and man, on her lap, as if to she give s birth to and shelter them.

 

 

Gul Erali also uses jugs and earthenware pots , when describing the woman. The jugs and pots, especially the ones used for carrying water , are among the Erali's important motifs. According to Erali , these pots are feminine , bearer and fertile cund .

                                

 

The mouths of two of these carrier forms are widen ed and beg i a n to transform into a woman. In the first one , the two globes accomp any lish ing with her self as they open upwards. In the second one , it rises and becomes free while converting into a female woman shape. .