Faig Ahmed’s latest work

   

Image top left: Nizami Ganjavi, Shams Tabrizi and Yahya al-Shirvani al-Bakuvi. Images courtesy of Faig Ahmed Studio

 

 

Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed was one of the first artists I interviewed on Textile Curator (read his interview here) and his work goes from strength to strength. His latest exhibition entitled PIR: Divine Fires and Mystic Gods contains three large carpets (and a video piece) named after poets and spiritual masters who have had cultural significance in Faig’s homeland, Nizami Ganjavi, Shams Tabrizi and Yahya al-Shirvani al-Bakuvi.

 

   

 

Faig’s works are ‘conceived with complex layers of historical, literary, mystical, and craft associations,’ and they are on show at New York’s Spar Contemporary Gallery, 9 N Moore, New York until Jan 6th 2022 http://www.saparcontemporary.com.