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ARTIM PROJECT SPACE

ADDRESS: 

5 Kichik Gala str., Icheri Sheher, 

Baku, Azerbaijan, AZ1001

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OPENING HOURS:

Tuesday - Sunday: 12 pm > 8 pm


CONTACT:

+994 12 505 1414


E-MAIL:

artim@yarat.az

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ARTIM: SOLO EXHIBITION SHY BOY OF THE PINK FUTURE BY AGIL ABDULLAYEV

03 Nov - 30 Nov 18

YARAT Contemporary Art Space is pleased to announce the solo exhibition by Agil Abdullayev “Shy Boy of the Pink Future”.

The solo exhibition by Agil Abdullayev investigates on the influence of social media on the future of Azerbaijani society in terms of gathering information, forming opinions and engaging in discussions. It talks about a young generation with a new self- and social awareness blurring boundaries between the digital and real, detaching from rigid definitions on gender, culture and nation. 

The exhibition explores how dynamics of social media have changed the way citizens engage in public discussions, providing them low-cost routes into socially relevant topics. It has lowered barriers of participation and inequality in engagement. Furthermore, social media allow citizens to consume, produce and distribute and comment on news and information thereby brings new opportunities to persuade socially. The exhibition discloses these tools associated with social media having a crucial impact on opinion making in the future. 

Agil Abdullayev's artistic language is determined by a personal approach using himself as a research object: an artist born in the 90s, with social media as an integral part of his everyday life, who studied abroad and returned recently. In the entrance area, the artist welcomes the visitor in his video work introducing the exhibition. The work comments on moments of control and oversight intending to create a feeling of overview and security for the visitor. Diving into the other rooms, this impression will not last long, as the works expose moments of in-between, ambiguity, transition and fluidity emerging in moments of personal and social transformation. In his work, "Arrival (I must say)” the artist analyses his foreign view on the familiar describing his arrival from the UK in form of a visual essay considering architectural changes and cultural differences. Along with his work “Where is Tural?”, it deals with the representation of masculine culture and boyhood in the context of prevailing traditional views. The left wing of the exhibition paves its way from the personal to the collective. Abdullayev’s sound installation draws on the sound material of international leaders, which testifies his analysis of public discourse and the interest of a young audience on socio-political issues. The work "Pink City" plays with the idea of an imaginary shelter, where everyone feeling in danger can be beamed through future cyber inventions of the digital age. Throughout the exhibition, space QR codes are distributed inviting visitors to read articles serving as research material for the works. 


Agil Abdullayev (b. 1992, Baku) primarily works in the medium of moving image, performance and photography. His practice examines the contrast between the East and West related to subjects such as public and private life, gender, social media culture, utopia and futurism bridging spaces in between these subjects. Abdullayev graduated this year from BA Fine Arts with First Class Honour at Nottingham Trent University and has been selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 as well been a recipient of "Attic Residency" by One Throsby Street in Nottingham, UK. Abdullayev’s works were shown in group and solo exhibitions such as the Liverpool Biennial, 2018; Primary Contemporary Art Space, 2017; The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale, 2017; Tate Modern, 2016;   Yarat Pavilion at 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, 2012. Currently, Agil Abdullayev lives and works in Baku.


About ARTIM 

ARTIM is directed at young Azerbaijani artists with an intention to support and encourage emergent talent to grow. The program has a designated exhibition space in Icheri Sheher that was conceived as a platform for experimenting and professionally showcasing art. Artworks resulting from the program are exhibited at the ARTIM Project Space, Baku. 


Opening Date: 3 November 2018

Time: 7 pm


Exhibition dates: 3 – 30 November, 2018

Working hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 12 pm – 8pm

Address: ARTIM Project Space Old City (Icherisheher) Boyuk Gala Street 30, 001A 

Admission is free

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