Faig Ahmed

Faig Ahmed je mednarodno priznan azerbajdžanski umetnik, leta 2007 je svojo državo predstavljal na beneškem bienalu. Linda Komaroff, kustosinja islamske umetnosti in vodja oddelka za umetnost Bližnjega vzhoda v muzeju sodobne umetnosti v Los Angelesu, je o njem zapisala: »Čeprav Faig Ahmed ustvarja v različnih medijih, od slikarstva, videa in instalacij, je najbolj prepoznaven po svojih fantastičnih tkanih delih, za katere črpa navdih v klasični azerbajdžanski preprogi, ki predstavlja temelj umetnikove kulturne dediščine … Ahmed danes nadaljuje to umetniško tradicijo, a ne s črnilom in papirjem; oblikovne predloge za preproge poustvarja na računalniku in pri tem ustvarja optične iluzije, ki končano delo spremenijo v nekaj povsem sodobnega s tridimenzionalnim ali celo kinetičnim pridihom.« (Galerija Montoro 12)

Faig Ahmed is an internationally recognized artist from Baku, Azerbaijan, who represented Azerbaijan at the Venice Biennale in 2007. Linda Komaroff, Curator of Islamic Art and Head of Middle Eastern Art at the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, wrote: “Although Faig Ahmed works in other mediums – painting, video and installation, he is best known for his fantastical woven pieces based on the classical Azerbaijani carpet, which is a cornerstone of the artist’s cultural heritage … Today, Ahmed carries on this artistic tradition but not with ink and paper; instead, he remakes his carpet designs on a computer, generating optical illusions that transform the finished work into something entirely contemporary, which can express a three-dimensional or even kinetic quality.” (Montoro 12 Gallery)

Photo: Faig Ahmed, Geometry Pattern 1, 2014, Courtesy Montoro12 Gallery