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Aida Mahmudova (b.1982; Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani artist and founder of YARAT Contemporary Art Space (Baku). She holds a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design (London). Her work has been exhibited internationally and uses a variety of techniques and media.
Despite a varied practice, the artist’s main focus remains...
Gazelli Art House is pleased to present Aida Mahmudova’s new body of work in her debut solo show Liminality, curated by Alistair Hicks. Commenting on her rapidly modernising country’s forgotten and marginal corners, Mahmudova uses art as an outlet to give a feeling of stability to co-exist in this unprecedented environment. Art gives no boundaries and opens to any communicational variations for the artist. The works on show are shrouded by an aura of metaphysical fog — adding a layer of surrealism and positioning each piece as a memory that is fading within time and space. The concept of space...