YARAT! introduced 'Good dog' project by Natalia Pastukhova - PHOTOS

YARAT! Contemporary Art Space has presented Natalia Pastukhova`s project “Good dog” within the Baku public art festival.

The curator of the projects is Nailya Allakhverdieva and coordinator is Margarita Mukhmadeeva
Good Dog is a mobile installation or graphic story of figures, on the fence, representing stray dogs. This project aims to point out one of the borders of the civilized Europeans consciousness: our relation to homeless animals. One of the characteristic differences between East and West is the issue of the dog. For the former, it is considered normal cuisine, for Europeans it is man`s friend. Europeans often “humanize” the dog: it can be bored, angry, love, cry, etc. For this society eating dogs is akin to cannibalism. Just as pets “look like their owners,” stray dogs act as a reflection of the city; they are portraits, caricatures of our society. The artist portrays stray dogs to offerus a closer look at each other. Good Dog is a portrait gallery of the city and its citizens.

`YARAT! Contemporary Art Space` is a non-commercial organisation dedicated to the promotion and nurturing of Contemporary art in Azerbaijan. Based in Baku, YARAT! aims to create a platform, in the country and internationally, for established as well as emerging artists, implementing its aim through organising exhibitions, events and educational programs. Looking to the future, one of the key objectives of YARAT! is to form dialogue, exchange and bridge the gap between different cultures as well as art institutions.

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