Faig Ahmed / Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan born 1982

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.

BIO

Ahmed represented Azerbaijan in the nation’s inaugural showing at the Venice Biennale in 2007, and again in 2013. He has exhibited his works in the United States, Europe, Russia and the Middle East.