10 Sep - 23 Nov 14
Anesthesia
Solo exhibition by Reza Hazare
YAY Gallery
In September, YAY Gallery are pleased to present a solo exhibition by Afghan artist Reza Hazare, who lives and works in Azerbaijan. The exhibition, entitled Anesthesia, features a selection of new work by the artist which reflects the twists and turns of his personal history as a refugee.
Reza Hazare, an Afghan refugee, was born in Zahedan, Iran in 1987. Reza graduated from the Visual Arts School of Teheran in 2005, and moved soon after to Azerbaijan where he pursued his studies. In 2012 he finished study at Azerbaijan’s State Academy of Fine Arts. Reza’s work alludes to the tensions he has experienced in moving between his past and present homes: tensions in their religious and secular ways of life, and in the underlying conflict between the traditional and modern. Moving from a strict Islamic country to Azerbaijan, he has had to adapt to a secular environment, while simultaneously watching his home country go through national crisis.