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BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 9. The Liminality
personal exhibition of the famous Azerbaijani artist Aida Mahmudova
has opened at the Gazelli Art House gallery in London, the press
service of the YARAT Contemporary Art Space told Trend .
The exhibition's curator is Alistair Hicks.
Considering her rapidly modernizing country's forgotten and
marginal corners, Mahmudova uses art as an outlet to give a feeling
of stability to co-exist in this unprecedented environment. Art
gives no boundaries, but, on the contrary, opens to any
communicational variations for the painter.
The concept of space is closely investigated through the lens of
the artist. As Mahmudova explains, 'we exist within space, we
co-exist in parallel, and space exists within us.' Space can be a
place where one physically or spiritually exists, creating the
concept of one's reality and illusions.
Marc Augé's concept of non-places explores the idea of
transition or the liminal, as a crossroads of human relations to
what humans perceive but only partially and incoherently.
Aida Mahmudova explores the theme of juxtaposition of private
and public, places and non-places, spaces and non-spaces. Marc
Augé's concept of non-places investigates the idea of transition,
non-spaces discourage 'settling in' contrasting with the notion of
'home' and identity, where a paradox exists. Although that space
can be equally alienating to anyone, one can feel 'comfortable' and
'relational'.
By shedding light on liminality, or threshold crossing, Aida
Mahmudova explores spaces of transition and disorientation.
Initially coined by Arnold Van Gennep, rites of passage in 1909,
the notion that an individual's life comprises of a series of
transitions into three stages, separation, transition and return,
where liminality is transition. Liminality has both spatial and
temporal dimensions and can be applied to various subjects:
individuals, communities, societies, and entire civilisations. On
the contrary, nature has a sense of stability, timeless and open
space, where Mahmudova regularly returns to as a source of
inspiration.
'It's the artist and the medium. The never-ending relationship
between me and the other resembles perpetual conversation. It takes
full involvement from both sides. The act itself is the purest form
of creation. This, in turn, gives you a unique opportunity to
engage in authentic and unguarded communication with unfolding
perspectives. It connects and unites us in the moment of now,
giving versatile, unpredictable and beautiful outcomes,' she
says.
About Gazelli Art House
Founded in 2010 by Mila Askarova, Gazelli Art House, London, has
been committed to bringing a fresh perspective to Mayfair through
championing artists from all corners of the globe, focusing on
those at the height of their practice, presenting and
contextualising their work to new audiences. With sister gallery
Baku, the gallery specialises in promoting art from Azerbaijan and
its neighbours to further a greater understanding of the rich
linguistic, religious and historical ties that connect this
geography. Since 2015, the gallery has expanded to support artists
working in digital art through its online platform GAZELL.iO. Most
recently, in 2020, it established the GAZELL.iO Project Space and
VR Library, the first permanent home dedicated to digital art in
Mayfair.
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