E·phem·er·a GROUP EXHIBITION AT BAKU MOMA
20 Dec - 20 Jan 15
E·phem·er·a is an art exhibition to be opened on December 20, at the Baku Museum of Modern Art, as the third event of the young curators’ exhibitions series supported by non-profit organisation YARAT.
The exhibition curator’s idea is based on mythology motifs in artworks by eight artists: Eliyar Alimirzayev, Rasim Babayev, Kamal Ahmad, Zakir Huseynov, Ujal Hagverdiyev, Yelena Hagverdiyeva, Niyaz Najafov and Altai Sadiqzadeh.
Every detail keeps a myth at its heart, imprinted in classical poetry and embodied in the paintings by prominent artists. The works concentrate on invisible ties that bind the numerous images and the images encoded in literature. They contain meaningful parallels, symbols and allegories, formed by centuries of history. All of this content, according to the authors, characterises us and our current existence.
Cooperation between the Museum and YARAT originates more than a year ago as a result of the 'Curator and Mediator Practices in Modern Art' master classes held by Sabina Shikhlinskaya, an honoured artist of Azerbaijan and independent curator.
During 2014, the Museum’s main exposition hall had already hosted the Nuda Veritas and Megapolis projects, considered to be successful experiments on the reassessment of the museum collection. In both cases, the idea that arose within the framework of the training course had expanded to the size of a fully-fledged art project. The project participants got unlimited access to the archives and storerooms of MoMA and thus the audience got a fresh interpretation of familiar subjects.
Idea by: Leyla Aghayeva
Curator: Samira Sefi
Venue: Museum of Modern Art
Dates: 20.12.2014 > 19.01.2015
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Sunday: 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., Mondays: CLOSED
Admission Fee: 5 AZN
