Hal
2016
Medium
wool
Measurements
196.5 × 165.0 × 87.5 cm (installed)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Sarah Morgan and Andrew Cook, 2018
© Faig Ahmed
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In his work, Faig Ahmed re-imagines the historical Azerbaijani carpet. Ahmed digitally distorts and rearranges centuries- old carpet patterns and compositions to unravel, often quite literally, our perception of tradition. Hal, 2016, is a woven woollen carpet made by the master weavers of Ahmed’s home town, Baku – the capital city of Azerbaijan, in the South Caucasus region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe. Both tactile and cerebral, the work is a new interpretation of Ahmed’s signature deconstructive approach, whereby a classical rug pattern ‘liquefies’ into a handwoven puddle on the gallery floor.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Baku, Azerbaijan
Edition
ed. 3/3
Accession Number
2017.1247
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest