FAIG AHMED EXHIBITION PROJECT

Faig Ahmed is an Azerbaijani contemporary visual artist who is best known for his surrealist weavings which integrate visual distortions into traditional oriental rugs. While Ahmed has created artworks in multiple media, including sculpture, video, and installation, he is best known for his surrealist sculptural textiles, which apply optical illusions in the form of often psychedelic visual manipulations (including warping, glitching, melting, pixelating, and unraveling) to traditional Islamic rugs. Ahmed manages to balance somehow the preservation of traditions with the daring introduction of futuristic, often surreal, designs. For these works, Ahmed is recognized as one of the nation’s most important cultural exports in recent times.