Ozlem Silverstein, Middle Eastern

My desire to be an artist stems from my belief that visual art is a compelling way to deliver ideas and change society for the better. Hence I also think that an artist has social responsibilities to ask difficult questions, to challenge and rethink conventions. So I see the role of the artist as central to the culture of a modern, critical society, for ours is a society that has institutionalized critique and which does not cease asking questions about itself, about what is desirable, what is normal, and what is to be excluded.