Person of the week / Aladdin Garunov
Aladdin of Garunov works at the intersection of cultures — on his canvases are in dialogue East and West, past and future
Aladdin Garunov was born in 1956 in UKUZ kurakhskovo district (Dagestan). She studied at the art-графическом the faculty of the Dagestan pedagogical Institute in 1977, he moved to Moscow. In 1985 he graduated from mgkhpu im. S. G. Stroganov (Department of artistic metal processing).
Alexander Borovsky, art historian, curator, head of Department of the newest currents of the State Russian Museum describes the early quest of the artist: "according to the author's texts and a relatively early works, Garunov mastered the modern art in the development of change ideas: first — new-йоркская school, then — concrete art and minimalism, I think pop-арт in its psychedelic connotations. That's where-то at this stage there were two “rooting”: the matrix of national-религиозного of consciousness and in art. Interest in new-йоркской school gave Harunobu many things: the skills of the dematerialization of colors and surfaces (in contrast to the stereotypes of the heavy, "material" decoration, which many painters of the Caucasus and Central Asia as the only alternative to "tough figurativism"), possible expansion of the tactile start at the expense of narrative. He was looking for (from R. Motherwell, F. Stella, J. Jones) that he was especially important: as unrepresentative — Arabesque, free drip paint, ramitana structure picturesque touches — is becoming aromatizirovannaya or even spiritual subtext".
back in the early 1990-х years of painting Garunova written strokes free, read, the structure of the ornament, and it's not decorative patterns, and the images that carry the meaning of the utterance. Over time, the artist begins to intersperse in the canvases and objects of real life, forcing them to speak the language of art. It all started with old photos, which often became the occasion for a picturesque composition, they occupied a small space on the canvas, and scenic Suite has revealed the meaning and the history of photography. Then on the canvas there were items — fabric, cords, kerosene, etc., painting some-где passed into relief. Stroganov school has left its mark. This output is in three-dimensionality, says the author, became for him the-то natural, organically inherent in: "My works have always been associated with the sculpture. And flat objects I am interested in their perception in space, I often introduce them to real objects, things. <...> Flat pattern always I have experienced as the subject. For me, it's on-своему alive".
Aladdin of Garunov already started looking for his own style, drawing on the avant-garde art and cultural traditions of the Motherland. "As a student, enrolled in the library of foreign literature and sat and studied in Western magazines and books. Also I really like the period 1920-х years — Malevich, Kandinsky, Rodchenko". Thisinterest in the Russian avant-garde, forms and experiments 1920-х years was transformed in the works of Garunova: we find references to him in a series of minimalist geometric objects made of black rubber, where the module becomes the square of the series ("untitled", 2005), and in a series of "Imitation of the Kaaba"... I Wonder what these icons of the new time, often imbued with cultural and religious guides, are always in the independent field of art.
Over time, the work Garunova carpet gets the value of the text character or symbol by which the artist talks about national identity, globalization, and the fate of Nations, modernity and the ancient culture ("Aliens", a series of "Ethno-Техно", etc.). "If we are unable to tear themselves from their carpets — says the artist, — should at least try not to repeat them, and use". In many compositions we find elements of these carpets or references to it — ornamental, composite. Carpet or other object, such as shoes, withdrawn from human life, where they've lived their lives, take on new meanings.
In the article dedicated to the project "metaphors of overcoming distances" (2013/2014, the New Museum, Saint Petersburg), Alexander Borovsky noted that Garunov studied the genealogy of its kind — "Agul-лезгинского, on the maternal side, with lost in time the Arab and Jewish roots, and the geography of its settlement on the gold edge of the Muslim world — Central Asia and the Caucasus. It is important way of tribal life in its highland and lowland versions. He knows "ethnics" in the material realities — artifacts, crafts, etc.". Knowledge and understanding of the traditions, of the plastic language of his native culture, the canons of her art is organically woven into the fabric of the artwork Aladdin Garunov ("Stela carpet under your feet" from the series "habitat", "Space", etc.).
His works are strong statements, items of traditional culture into the environment of contemporary art, populated by modern urban materials such as rubber. Back in 1990-е that Aladdin lived in Sergiev Posad and one was on the rubber products plant it "were mesmerized: properties of the material, its plasticity, a kind of purity. There he literally filled all around".
however, rubber — artificial, it is not part of natural cycles, like most modern materials. Have Garunova all of them are associated with public ideas as eternal as useless after use. But civilization is not able to effectively demonstrate and to recycle waste. It is extensive and aggressive in nature so that the product absorbs civilization very civilization. The author reflects on what mayhumanity where-то stumbled, chose the most simple and quick way, and as a result, the metropolis has become a form of life, and its product — rubber-химический garbage. And life is squeezed from all sides black stripes homogeneous worthless mass.
And at the same time, showing the seamy side of civilization through its product, anthropogenic degradation of Garunov not lose hope. His hope is based on the culture and religion. His work is saturated with Oriental mysticism. Huge three paintings dedicated to the sacred experiences of the dervishes. Their dance, according to the artist, has common roots with the act of artistic creation, it is a conscious immersion in the unconscious. In his "Sufis" to transfer this process, the artist chose the form of a triptych, which allows to reproduce the development of the person. In parts of the triptych, changing the background, changing the color figures — so passed the time obviously, the time of day changes, it changes the internal state of the characters.
Projects "Dhikr" or "Zikr 2" (dhikr — Islamic spiritual practice, which consists in the repeated utterance of the prayer formulas containing glorification of God. ru.wikipedia.org) was submitted in 2009 and 2011. They consisted of works devoted to the Islamic spiritual practices, the sacrament prayers, rites. "Being an artist and a Muslim, I am more interested in the spiritual problems of human existence in the modern industrial world. It is ironic that these two opposite concepts side by side, touching and influencing each other. I performed Dhikr by the artist, using the attributes of two opposite worlds. It is also the opposition between two models of civilization: the technically developed West and the traditionally Patriarchal and spiritual East". In the assemblages "Sychrov" like multiple ecstatic repetition of certain prayer formulas, can be traced to one motive: clash of the cold black rubber surface and the surface of the carpet, soft and fluffy.
project "Zikr" in 2012 was followed by the project "Saints," dedicated to iconic images of Christianity, is depicted in a concise and summarized manner pop-арта using aerosols and rubber surfaces. In the near future, you may want to wait to continue. If you are born a series of related to Buddhism and its traditions, you will probably be able to see the full series on world religions.
Today Garunov recognized contemporary artist, he often turns to forms total installation, to new media and performance. Finalist of two awards Kandinsky in 2010 and 2012. Participant of numerous exhibitions and art-ярмарок. His work has been shown in Miami, Dubai, Paris, Venice, etc.
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