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26 April 2017 [15:44] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

YAY Gallery has opened its doors to a group exhibition of talented artists.

Entitled "1001 Nights", the exhibition brings together the works of outstanding Azerbaijani contemporary artists working with different medium such as painting, sculpture and installation.

The art project aims to describe Islamic culture, its traditions and values and trace their transformations and adaptations to the modern era.

Orkhan Huseynov’s "Muslim astronauts" series, depict cosmonauts and Arabic writings, based on historic study. The artist doesn't only emphasize the existence of Muslim astronauts, but also shatters the pervasive image of an “astronaut” as a western construction. The series of paintings encourage to closer attention to complicated motives and unique combinations arising during revaluation of humanly values.

By disrupting a part of the structure of traditional carpet the work "Manifested consciousness" by Faig Ahmed highlights some of its classical elements. Thus, the artist presents a simple two dimensional carpet in three dimensional and bulkier form. The conceptual transformation and the idea of going beyond rules is the continuation of the artist’s practice of working with carpets.

Rashad Alakbarov`s shadow installations "Shebeke" and "And he said ..." are based on the idea of showcasing the traditional elements in various new forms. Through creation of new patterns with the use of lights and shadows the artist embraces his unique perspective of shebeke making. A verse taken from Quran, the highest value of Islamic world, is reflected in "And he said ...” installation.

Farid Rasulov’s “Shebeke” installation is referring to an eastern equivalent of the western stained glass art and one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture “shebeke”. The artist masterly transforms the traditionally small-scale shebeke, by accentuating the particles and offers a fresh interpretation in a larger scale.

Hussein Hagverdi’s "Don’t break" series of sculptures and paintings demonstrate similarity in artist’s approach to different art mediums. The series depict the dialogue of the texture with appearance of the material, the compliance of lines with color layering.

In "The garden of disorder” series of graphic works, Reza Hazare draws attention to the notion of emptiness and meaninglessness of everything except of human, by emphasizing its characters on a blank background. Small scale oil painted tableaus from the series under the same title, display the constant desire of their characters to escape from solitude.

The exhibition, curated by Farah Alekperli, will last until June 11.

The working days: Tuesday – Sunday. The working hours: 12:00 – 18:00.  Admission is free.

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