Meet the artists: Can Gun

Meet the artists: Can Gun

Can Gun in his studio, 2025. Photo by the artist
Can Gun in his studio, 2025. Photo by the artist

Can Gun, Abbey Scholar, speaks about the work he has produced at the BSR ahead of the Summer Open Studios 2025.

Can Gun, Campanilismo, 2025

For Whom the Bell Tolls

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend’s were.
Each man’s death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

– John Donne

Send Not to Know

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