Faig ahmed wikipedia
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Faig Ahmed
Azerbaijani artist (born )
Faig Ahmed (Azerbaijani: Faiq Əhməd) (born in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani contemporary visual artist who is best known for his surrealist weavings which integrate visual distortions into traditional oriental rugs.[1]
Ahmed graduated from the sculpture program at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts in Baku in [2] In , Ahmed's work was included in the Azerbaijan's first pavilion in the Venice Biennalle[1][3] in he participated in the show “Love Me, Love Me Not”[4] and the 11th Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial[5] in
While Ahmed has created artworks in multiple media, including sculpture, video, and installation, he is best known for his surrealist sculptural textiles, which apply optical illusions in the form of often psychedelic visual manipulations (including warping, glitching, melting, pixelating, and unraveling) to traditional Islamic rugs.[6] The textiles are manufactured by a group of skilled weavers who follow Ahmed's designs paying strict attention to traditional Azerbaijani weaving techniques.[7][8]
Exhibitions
[edit]Ahmed has exhibited his works worldwide including group and solo exhibitions in New York, Paris,
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Faig Ahmed
Artist
Faig Ahmed
Sculptural Textiles
Faig Ahmed (born ) is an Azerbaijani contemporary visual artist. He specializes in conceptual works that utilize traditional decorative craft and the visual language of carpets into contemporary sculptural works of art. He lives and works in Baku, Azerbaijan.
His art reimagines ancient crafts and create new visual boundaries by deconstructing traditions and stereotypes.
One aspect of his practice he is known for are his surrealist weavings which integrate visual distortions into traditional oriental rugs. In his surrealist sculptural textiles he applies optical illusions in the form of often psychedelic visual manipulations such as warping, glitching, melting, pixelating, and unraveling to traditional Islamic rugs.
He uses digital technology and traditional looms to reinterpret one of the most immutable and ancient means of popular tradition while keeping intact the cultural value of weaving, centuries-old techniques and materials.
The textiles are manufactured by a group of skilled weavers who follow Ahmed's designs paying strict attention to traditional Azerbaijani weaving techniques.
Discussing his medium of choice Ahmed sees rugs as “something very stable. Carpet is
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Sharjah, UAE
Photo by Physiologist Jouaret
Sharjah, UAE
Photo incite Bernard Jouaret