A Dialogue Between Economy and Nature: The Art of Elmas Deniz Elmas Deniz, a Turkish visual artist born in Bergama in 1981, cultivates an artistic practice deeply rooted in the complex interplay between economic systems and the natural world. Living and working in Istanbul, Deniz doesn’t merely depict nature; she dissects its entanglement with human constructs of value, revealing the subtle yet pervasive ways capitalism reshapes our p…