Exhibition

Merging Bridges exhibition

15 May 12 > 15 Jun 12

Merging Bridges exhibition

15 May 12 > 15 Jun 12

The first exhibition to feature British and international artists exhibiting alongside Azerbaijani artists will be shown at Museum of Modern Art from 15 May 2012. Realised by YARAT!, a non-commercial organization dedicated to promoting contemporary art in Azerbaijan, Merging Bridges will feature acclaimed artists including the world-renowned Sarah Lucas, Keith Coventry, James Turrell, Idris Khan and Olympia Scarry. This extraordinary collection of work will be displayed alongside some of the finest contemporary artists based in Baku including Altai Sadikhzade, Aga Ousseinov, Niyaz Najafov, Rashad Alakbarov and Farid Rasulov.

The exhibition is being co-curated by Aida Mahmudova, the founder and director of YARAT! and London-based curator Adam Waymouth. Together they will present a spectrum of work highlighting both established and emerging artists from flourishing artistic centres around the world. Throughout their careers, Mahmudova and Waymouth have endeavoured to provide platforms for contemporary, in particular emerging, artists.

A specially commissioned installation by the internationally recognized Idris Khan will also be exhibited at Merging Bridges. Khan is best known for his digitally manipulated prints which explore the history of music and text within both Western and Islamic traditions. For this exhibition however, the artist will present a sculpture formed by four panels of rusted steel which have been sandblasted with the score from Oliver Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time (1941) which was composed whilst he was in a German prison camp.

Participating Artists

British and International Artists:

James Turrell, Sarah Lucas, Annie Morris, Paul Fryer, Keith Coventry, Alex Hoda, Olympia Scarry, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Ryan Mosley, Jaap de Vries, George Young and Neil Clements.

Azerbaijani Artists:

Aga Ouseinov, Altai Sadikhzade, Faig Ahmed, Rashad Alakbarov, Ali Hasanov, Niyaz Najafov, Rashad Babayev, Farid Rasulov, Aida Mahmudova, Orkhan Huseynov, Nazrin Mammadova and Ramal Kazimov.