The Barbarian Art Gallery as well as the curator of the show Sandra Nedvetskaia are proud to present a solo show by the young Azerbaijani artist Aida Mahmudova.
Under the title Internal Peace the artist presents for the first time in Switzerland her impressive narrative work, which is directly inspired by the Azerbaijani history in relation with the artist`s personal experience and identity, illustrating her considerations in the fields of memory and nostalgia.
Aida Mahmudova`s artwork delves into the emotive facets of ‘longing’ – specifically, the longing for the memory of a place, rather than for the place itself. Simultaneously the artist meditates on how memory is tied to the debris of the past.
Her paintings and accumulations present history as a collection of mementos, which appear fragmented and partial, and are accessible only through the mediation of personal perceptions and emotional responses. By focusing on an individual perspective within a larger, historical narration, the compositions redress how history is perceived and memory evolves. The situations Mahmudova depicts are retrieved scenes, eyewitness of places and situations, which have undergone a drastic change. Through her work the artist invites the viewers to participate in the experience of remembering.
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