Next Level
Group exhibition: Faig Ahmed, Elshan Ibragimov, Rarid Rasulov
October 10 – November 11, 2012
Traditional and unaccustomed, re-designed and streamlined as well as going hand-in-hand with the present Azerbaijani carpets will be the first thematic issue raised at the exhibition by YAY Gallery. Carpets do not function as integral attribute of Lares and Penates, amenities and steadiness in the modern digital world. While some refined the carpets away from their homes, others fervidly store them; the carpets, however, still keep their capacity of being Hippocrene and totally unanticipated experiments’ tool for certain artists. Pixel-based carpet breakdown and puzzle-like flowing down construction is made from numerous components and demonstrate strong resemblance to once popular Tetris game figures. Every participant of the exhibition has his/her own puzzle to have been resolved.
In this case, the number of participants are three... Faig Ahmed, a graduate from Department of Sculpture, Azerbaijan State Fine Arts Academy and 52nd Venice Biennale representatives strives to go beyond traditionally accepted frameworks and provoke transformations in ancient decor of Azerbaijani carpets. Being an organized matter, subtle and flexible at the same time, fleece establishes its presence together with cold-blooded plastic in Faig Ahmad’s works. His pieces have already won high opinions of the censurers and specialists at Art Dubai Contemporary Art Fair, which was held this year.
Farid Rasulov, an emerging artist, also represented Azerbaijan at aforementioned Venice Biennale. He produces original prints, in which western style-designed interior is enveloped by oriental carpets. Aluminium and organic glass-based animal characters emerge upon getting generated by incomparable grandeur- like in commemoration of Western and Eastern civilizations losing their background and breaking strong links with the Mother Nature.
Eshan Ibrahimov is delighted to present carpet decor-based computer games. The “Carpet games” he designed concatenates daily routine and the magnificent beauty, digital mindset of XXI Century teenager and ancient popular customs. In his interpretation, carpets, which were rejected by actual households, deserve home-coming yet through expressing fundamentally new character.
All participating authors are ignited by the idea of breathing new life to Azerbaijani carpets and proving viability of culture to get transformed and evolve as a response to time defiance. Their endeavours look exceptionally queer and curious against perhaps the most conservative and hard-to-change decoration item-the carpet.
Newly-constructed YAY Gallery will open an exhibition in Icherisheher on 10th of October 2012. It is expected the gallery will turn into artistic experiements space and YARAT Contemporary Art Space-implemented projects center. Exhibition will continue till 11th of November 2012.
