Dejan Kaludjerović / Solo Exhibition: Conversations – Azerbaijan / YAY Gallery
Dejan Kaludjeroviç
Fərdi sərgi: Müsahibələr – Azərbaycan
Dejan Kaludjeroviç Müsahibələr – Azərbsycan fərdi sərgisi
27 noyabr 2014 – 19 yanvar 2015
Dejan Kaludjeroviç sabiq Yuqoslaviyanın paytaxtı Belqradda dünyaya göz açıb. Çeşidli təsviri sənət sahələrində əldə etdiyi nailiyyətlərə görə ona Avstriyanın fəxri vətəndaşı adı verilib. Vyanada Tətbiqi Sənət Akademiyasında oxuduğu sinfin rəhbəri Ervin Vurm olmuşdur. Təsviri sənət üzrə magistr dərəcəsini 2004-cü ildə Belqrad İncəsənət Akademiyasında alıb.
Kaludjeroviçin əsərləri bir çox şəxsi və dövlət kolleksiyalarında yer alıblar, o cümlədən MUSA, KONTAKT, STRABAG, Vyanadakı Artothek des Bundes, Zaltsburqdakı Museum der Moderne, October Salon Collection, Belqrad Şəhər Müzeyi, Berlindəki APT və s. kolleksiya və muzeylərdə nümayiş etdirilir.
Şəxsiyyətin formalaşmasını, təmsilçilik formalarının sabitliyini təhlil etmək məqsədilə Dejan Kaludjeroviç 1990-cı illərin ortalarından – peşə karyerasının Belqradda başlandığı vaxtdan öz yaradıcılığını istehlakçı yanaşmanın uşaqlıq dövrü ilə necə uzlaşdığının tədqiqatına çevirdi. Onun yaratdığı rəngkarlıq və qrafika işləri, obyekt, video-film və instalyasiyalar, əksər hallarda, müəyyən təkrar işlənmə proseslərini, surət çıxarmanı, hərəkətlərin təkrarlanmasını əks etdirirlər. Mexaniki çoxalmanı təqlid edən cizgilərlə o, populyar mədəniyyətə hopdurulmuş darıxdırıcı yeknəsəqliyi tənqid edir. Qoran Petroviç Lotina (Kurator)
Rəssamın təqdimat sözü:
Mənim işim, əsas etibarilə, məsuliyyət və manipulyasiya mövzularını əhatə edir. Başqa sözlə, KİV-lərin, təhsil sistemlərinin, ailə vəziyyətinin cəmiyyətə necə təsir göstərdiyini hədəfə alır. Mənim işim – görüntünün necə Qərb mədəniyyətində, cəmiyyətin qorxu və zorakılığa tutulmasında, kapitalizmin struktur və mexanizmlərində mühüm rol oynamasının araşdırmasıdır; yəni, araşdırdığım – kapitalist sisteminin necə “məharətlə” uşaq, zorakılıq və seks görüntülərindən KİV-lərdə istifadə və manipulyasiya etdiyinin araşdırması. Mənim işim, uşaqların müxtəlif mərhələlərdə cəmiyyət tərəfindən necə başa düşüldüyünü və bunun sosial təfəkkürlə necə uzlaşdığı sualını ortaya qoyur. Mən uşaqların istismar olunması və uşaq görüntülərindən kommersiya məqsədləri üçün istifadə olunması problemi ilə maraqlanıram.
Ünvan: İçəri Şəhər, Kiçik Qala küç. 5
Telefon: 012 505 2323
E-mail: info@yaygallery.com
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Dejan Kaludjerović
Solo Exhibition: Conversations – Azerbaijan
Dejan Kaludjerović Conversations – Azerbaijan solo exhibition.
27 November, 2014 – 19 January, 2015.
Dejan Kaludjerović was born in Belgrade, ex - Yugoslavia. For his achievements in the visual arts, he has been granted honorary Austrian citizenship. He studied in the class of Erwin Wurm at the Academy of Applied Arts, also in Vienna, and gained an MA in Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 2004.
Kaludjerović's work is part of many private and public collections, including, among others, the MUSA, Kontakt and STRABAG collections as well as those of the Artothek des Bundes in Vienna, the Salzburg Museum der Moderne, the October Salon Collection, City Museum Belgrade and APT Berlin.
Since the beginning of his career in Belgrade in the mid-1990s, Dejan Kaludjerović has been exploring the conjunction between consumerism and childhood, analyzing identity formation and the stability of representational forms. Most of his paintings, drawings, objects, videos and installations employ the processes of recycling, copying and reenacting, thus creating patterns that simulate mechanical reproduction, and criticize homogeneity embedded in popular culture. Goran Petrović Lotina (Curator)
Artist Statement:
My work is mainly concerned with issues of responsibility and manipulation. In other words, the ways in which mass media, educational systems or family circumstances influence society. My work explores the central role of image in Western society, the social obsession with fear and violence and the structure and mechanisms of capitalism; and how the capitalist system is using and manipulating the images of children, violence and sexuality in the media. My work questions how society perceives children in different stages and how this is connected with social ideologies. I am interested in the problem of the exploitation of children and the use of their images for commercial purposes.
Address: Icheri Sheher, Kichik Qala str. 5 (in front of A.Vahid sculpture)
Telephone: 012 505 2323
E-mail: info@yaygallery.com
Azerbaijan's 1st contemporary art gallery Yay to open in Baku
URBAN NEWS: Opening of YAY! gallery
Очередной видео-выпуск URBAN NEWS на этот раз представлен в виде отчёта с открытия галереи современного искусства YAY!. Вместе с открытием стартовал проект NEXT LEVEL, участниками которого стали художники: Фаиг Ахмед, Фарид Расулов и Эльшан Ибрагимов. Каждый из них подготовил по 3 работы с тематикой азербайджанских ковров, но представленных в новом современном виденье.
Оperator / Editor: K. Yunis (ne100).
Music: Prefuse 73 - Storm Returns with Tommy Guerrero.
Reza Hazare / Anesthesia. Fərdi Sərgi(promo video) / YAY GALLERY
Reza Hazare
Fərdi Sərgi: Anesthesia
10 Sentyabr - 26 Oktyabr 2014
2014cü il YAY Qalereyası sərgilərinin yeni mövsümü Əfqan rəssam Reza Hazarenin Anesthesia adlı yeni layihəsi ilə başlayacaq.
Layihə əfqan xalqının mövcud ictimai-siyasi şəraitinə əsaslanır və vətənindən uzaqda anadan olmuş, boya-başa çatmış qaçqınların ikinci nəslinə fokuslanmışdır. Onlar qarışıq mədəni mənşələrə malik, yaşadıqları cəmiyyətlərdən kənarda qalan yeni personajlardırlar. Layihə rəsm, qrafika və heykəltəraşlıq sahələrindəki əsərlərdən ibarət olacaqdır.
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Reza Hazare
Solo Exhibition: Anesthesia
10 September - 26 October 2014
New season of YAY gallery exhibitions in 2014 will be opened with the project Anesthesia by Afgani artist Reza Hazare.
The project is based on the current social and political circumstances of the Afghan people. It focuses on the second generation of refugees who were born and raised in other countries. They represent new characters, with mixed cultural backgrounds, who nevertheless remain outsiders within the societies in which they live. The project will combine paintings, graphics and sculpture.
NEXT LEVEL / Opening of YAY! Gallery / October 10 - November 11, 2012
Video by : UrbanArtAzerbaijan
Оperator / Editor: K. Yunis (ne100).
October 10 - November 11, 2012
NEXT LEVEL / YAY! Gallery.
Group Exhibition: Elshan Ibrahimov, Faig Ahmed & Farid Rasulov
Traditional and unaccustomed, re-designed and streamlined as well as going hand-in-hand with the present Azerbaijani carpets will be the next thematic issue raised at the exhibition by YARAT Contemporary Art Space. 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 demostrate 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 52-nd Venice Biennalle representatives strives to go beyond tradionally 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 Ahmed’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 photoprints, 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 Estearn 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 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 opened an exhibition in Icherisheher on 28 September 2012. It is expected the gallery turned into artistic experiements space and YARAT Contemporary Art Space-implemented projects center.
5 Kichik Qala Street, Icheri Sheher, Baku/Azerbaijan.
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Bodily Sounds: Rooftop Acoustic Performance by Roman Shulga
Sentyabrın 13-də YAY Qalereyasında açıq havada gənc ifaçı Roman Şulqanın akustik performansı baş tutdu.
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Margret Eicher / Solo Exhibition: 'Regime of Images' / YAY Gallery
Margret Eicher is a German conceptual artist specializing in tapestry. Margret is famous for her enormous tapestries, in which she combines baroque imagery with well-known and familiar images of our information society. The central motifs of her tapestries relate to current images of photojournalism and advertising from print and digital media. The icons of our modern information society are reproduced in a conceptually well-founded piracy of images, taken from a wide range of sources. Her art is its own kind of symbiosis, a synthesis and a blend of classical traditions and modernity. This quality makes her tapestries extremely relevant today.
Her artistic position is not that of a creator, but of a creative recipient. Through a selective use of imagery, the artist reproduces a cultural or political statement. ‘Borrowing’ as a cultural and artistic act dates back to the twentieth century with the emergence of collages and montages. In Margret's works, this takes on a critical and political stance.
In her tapestries, the artist adheres to the predominant pillars of tapestry manufacture. Preserving the frame of the central composition, created according to the historical and traditional functional symbols and semantics, Eicher introduces hints of modernity in a canonized form (with stencil).
Margret Eicher's media-tapestries are high-tech industrial products and inexpensive handiwork. In Flanders, the birthplace of court tapestries, the textile industry is very active manufacturing copies of old images to sell as souvenirs on the international market. The artist deliberately chooses to replace traditional and expensive tapestries because this falsification of traditions is an example of amusements typical of our time, based on the collective use of intellectual property.
Akihiro Yamamoto Installation Works @ Gallery Bar Baku
広島県尾道市にあるギャラリーバー夢喰にて５月から７月の間にかけて展示を行っていたインスタレーション作品の記録です。
Nazrin Mammadova | Yay Gallery | START art fair
Yay Gallery opened in September 2012 as an addition to the initiative conceived by YARAT Contemporary Art Space, which supports and promotes the development of Azerbaijani contemporary art. Yay's artistic agenda focuses on promising young artists as well as established ones from Azerbaijan and abroad. Located in Baku's Old City, Yay Gallery's contemporary space blends seamlessly with surrounding ancient walls. Alongside its exhibition programme, the gallery regularly hosts lectures, readings, film screenings and workshops conducted by artists, each fostering a creative exchange with the wider public. All revenue from Yay's art sales is used to support YARAT and its artists.
#SomethingfromNothing solo exhibition by Rashad Alakbarov
Opening of the personal exhibition “Something From Nothing” by the artist Rashad Alakbarov on February 12th @ YAY Gallery.
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12 fevral 2016-cı il tarixində YAY qalereyasında rəssam Rəşad Ələkbərovun “Something From Nothing” adlı fərdi sərgisi nümayişi keçirildi.
Sanan Aleskerov: Transparency of simplicity / YAY Gallery
SADƏLİYİN ŞƏFFAFLIĞI. Sənan Ələsgərov. Fərdi Foto Sərgi
02 Mart-24 Mart 2013
“Adiliyin gözəlliyi. Sakit qış çimərliyində palma, uşaq meydançasında təsirli heyvan obrazları, payız meşəsinin şairanəliyi və divarda qraffiti “qışqırığı” – bütün bunlar icra olunma texnikası və sadə obyektlərin gözəllik mövzusu ilə obrazların ritmində birləşir. Onların fraqmentləri, fikrimcə, bizi əhatə edən mühitin qavranılmasında dominantdırlar. “
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Sanan Aleskerov
Solo Exhibition: Transparency of simplicity
Transparency of simplicity... Beauty of the trivial... Whether it is a palm on a deserted winter beach, moving images of animals on a children’s playground, picturesqueness of a fall forest or a wall graffiti screaming — all is consolidated in a rhythm of images informed by the same technique and the beauty of mundane, the fragments of which determine our perception of the world around us. It is rather states than events, rather commemorations than a piece of paper, it is more about catching a moment with a series of alterations… colorful transformations. That’s what an experimental approach means to me. As far as this current collection is concerned, the speed at which it was formed was absolutely breathtaking and amazing . Everything was implemented with such a furious energy, with the author used to working in black-and-white classical aesthetic approach, but longing for a new perception and color sense.
This sense of color was originally inspired by the medium that was totally new to me, a 1967 Polaroid camera’s Fuji film. In my opinion, there is always more to it than just a snapshot to be taken or the resulting aesthetic effect. It is rather the very score, which is the foundation of performance (by Adams). From XX century chemical process I’m smoothly transitioning to a digital processing and printing of XXI century. I love advancing in time and observing the changes in cameras as photographers strive to combine the unique and vulnerable imperfection of a negative, new features and immense technical freedom of voice and color adjustments that digital processing and imprinting offer. My intention is clear - I’m striving to convey my perception of beauty of the trivial.
Azerbaijan Street Art Project Day 6: Photoshoot and Baku Artists
London Opera Gallery Street Artist Rich Simmons and Photographer Kim-Leng Hills were commissioned to go to Baku, Azerbaijan and introduce Street Art to the city. In 7 days, Rich Simmons had to produce 6 canvases of work to be placed amongst prime locations within the city for Condé Nast's Baku International Magazine. By working with Azeri artists, the President's eldest daughter Leyla Aliyeva, and Baku International, Rich and Kim-Leng visited the city and explained their organisation, Art Is The Cure, and the freedom of creative expression. Along the way, they produced a daily blog for people to watch their journey and love for Baku, Azerbaijan.
In this video, Kim-Leng Photographs Rich's canvases around Baku (although expected to be sunny, they hit some pretty bad weather so had to compensate). Rich, Kim-Leng and their journalist get to meet inspiring Baku artists Faig Ahmed and Farid Rasulov before their London show for January 2012.
Music:
All For U - RJD2
Reversing - Four Tet
Excuse You - MC Paul Barman
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Leather - Death In Vegas
The Art of Azerbaijan (Part I)
For Zara! Happy Birthday !!!
00:09 - Udjal Hagverdiyev
02:41 - Samo Abasov
05:14 - Elena Hagverdiyeva
07:20 - Eliyar Alimirzayev
The Art of Azerbaijan (Part I)
The modern art of Azerbaijan is known in today's Russia much less than in Western European countries. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the previous inter-republic culture ties were almost cut off and the works of the Azerbaijani artists had virtually no exhibition in Russia. At the same time, the New Wave of the 1980s had raised the Azerbaijani painting to a significant phenomenon in the world art. Apart from the widely known artists like Takhir Salakhov and Togrul Narimanbekov other painters arose who turned to different, greatly diverse subjects.
Nowadays the works of Azerbaijani artists seems to be remarkable and highly significant phenomenon in the world art. Undoubtedly, easel painting stand out sharply against the background. The present and centuries-old traditions, the western education and eastern luxury nostalgia, the knowledge of modern art trends and masterful grasp of the artistic skills worthy of the old masters intertwined in their paintings.
00:09 - Udjal Hagverdiyev:
Education State College of Fine Arts, the A. Azim-zade and Azerbaijan Institute of Pedagogy, Baku Exhibitions Involved in several international art symposiums. Artworks exhibited at the International Painting Symposium, Vienna, Austria, International Bienalle of Modern Art, Tbilisi, Georgia, International Art Fair Manege '99, Moscow, Russia. Private collections In Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Russia, Turkey, USA, Finland, Australia and various capital cities. Popular among private collectors, international organisations and corporate firms; Until his death in 2004, Udjal was considered one of the most sophisticated artists in the Azerbaijan contemporary art circle. The artworks featured are in private collection and shown in honour of this exceptional artist.
02:41 - Samo Abasov:
Education The A. Azimzade State College of Fine Arts, Baku and V.I. Mukhina High School of Art, St. Petersburg, Russia Exhibitions Various personal exhibitions and had artworks displayed in art venues internationally Collections Artworks displayed in the Azerbaijan Art Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Russian Ministry of Culture and International Confederation of Artists (Moscow, Russia); Popular among private collectors and international organisations; Active since 1984.
05:14 - Elena Hagverdiyeva:
Education Azerbaijan Institute of Pedagogy, Baku Exhibitions Artworks exhibited in Austria, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan; Collections Part of collections held by the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture, and the Pennzoil Oil Corporation, USA; private collections in Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Australia, Turkey, USA, Finland; Active since 1984.
07:20 - Eliyar Alimirzayev (Элияр Алимирзоев):
Education The A. Azimzade State College of Fine Arts (Baku) Exhibitions Joint and private art exhibitions in Germany, France, Denmark, USA, Turkey, China, Russia, UAE, Poland and South Korea; Winner of several international art competitions Collections Works displayed in the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow, Russia), Albertino Museum (Vienna, Austria), Odens Museum (Denmark), and other internationally renowned galleries; Popular with private collectors; Active since 1981.
Music: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Trio - Leverkusener Jazztage 2010 fragm. 3
LEILA HELLER GALLERY - Aida Mahmudova
NYC GALLERY OPENING -
Aida Mahmudova
Passing By…
May 28 – July 3,2015
– Aida Mahmudova’s first solo exhibition
in the United States, Passing By…, will be
on view at Leila Heller Gallery, 568 West
25th Street, from May 28 – July 3, 2015.
The exhibition will feature eight new
paintings that build on the themes of
nostalgia and memory found in her past
work and draw inspiration from the
landscape and architecture of Azerbaijan
where she currently lives and works.
About the artist
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1982,
Aida Mahmudova lives and works in Baku.
Mahmudova has exhibited widely, and will
be showing seascapes at the 56th Venice
Biennale as part of the VITA VITALE group
exhibition curated by Artwise.
Her sculptural installations and paintings
have been shown at exhibitions
internationally including Here Today at the
Old Sorting Office in London; Love Me,
Love Me Not at the 55th Venice Biennale;
Fly To Baku, London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow,
Rome; and Merging Bridges at the
Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Her work is held in private collections
globally and her sculpture Recycled is on
public display on Baku Boulevard.
Mahmudova is the Founder and Creative
Director of YARAT, which was founded with
a group of artists in 2011.
YARAT is dedicated to nurturing an
understanding of contemporary art in
Azerbaijan and to creating a platform for
Azerbaijani art, both nationally and
internationally, and has commissioned The
Union of Fire and Water project at the 56th
Venice Biennale.
AZERBAIJANI YOUNG ARTIST’S SOLO EXHIBITION OPENED IN BAKU
Abstract expressionism is the main style of young Azerbaijani artist Ruhulla Hasanzade. His works have been exhibited in collective exhibitions held in Germany, Belgium and Turkey. The exhibition titled “The Spirit” is the young artist’s first personal exhibition.
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YARAT: The Contemporary Art Movement in Azerbaijan
The story behind YARAT, Aida Mahmudova's contemporary art initiative in Azerbaijan.
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IV Moscow Biennale for Young Art. ASTAR (Azerbaijan) / YARAT
Strategic Projects of the Biennale for Young Art at MMOMA:
June 26 – August 10, 2014
Founders:
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Moscow City Department of Culture
National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA)
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA)
Organizers:
National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA)
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA)
ASTAR
Organizer: YARAT Contemporary Art Space (Azerbaijan)
Curator: Nailya Allakhverdieva (Russia)
Artists (Azerbaijan): Agil Abdullayev, Tahmina Ali, Farkhad Farzaliyev, Lala Gasim, Sitara Ibrahimova, Elturan Mammadov, Nazrin Mammadova, Samir Salakhov, Fidan Seidova, Zamir Suleymanov and Emin Azizbayli
The title of the exhibition seems to refer to the space and heroism, and sounds as an echo
of per aspera ad astra. However, astar means ‘lining’ in Azerbaijani – this notion is rarely used
in the critique and theory of contemporary art. ‘Lining’ (the same title is given to one of the works on display) seems the most appropriate word to comprehend the creation of the new generation of artists from Baku. It is exactly the lining, the basis that these artists are searching for, reflecting upon the surrounding reality and its underlying cultural contexts. An interest in the essence, the lining of the events gives rise to the semantic versatility and intimacy of most part of the works by this generation. The artists participating in the exhibition are visionaries and eyewitnesses. They don’t judge but eagerly study the world they are in. They care less about the issues of national identity or close integration with European culture (which are so important for Azerbaijani artists of the previous generation) than their personal freedom and possibility of speaking out, unbound by the requirements of ‘corporate ethics’ or ‘political correctness.’ It is through this prism of freedom that they assess everyday communal life, Soviet legacy, traditional culture, and the long and fascinating history of their country – in all of this they are looking for hidden meanings, reasons, and the ‘lining’ of things. This is why the works by these artists are at once analytical and dreamy – imagination helps better than deduction in penetrating beyond the ‘lining of reality.’
Address: MMOMA, 17 Ermolaevskiy lane, Moscow.