NUDA VERITAS in Baku Museum of Modern Art
By Nigar Orujova
Baku's Museum of Modern Art will host an exhibition called NUDA VERITAS on June 13-27.
A debut project of young curator Samira Safi is based on the works of nine artists: Ashraf Murad, Rasim Babayev Javad Mirjavadov, Altai Sadikhzade, Mir Nadir Zeynalov, Eldar Kurban, Kamal Ahmed, Huseyn Hagverdi and Sabina Shikhlinskaya. The works are created with preconditional messages for liberalization of art in Azerbaijan under Soviet censorship.
The project name Nuda Veritas (in Latin "The Naked Truth") reflects a desire of not just to expand the boundaries of what is permitted, but to create different art built on the subjective perception, personal experience and the feelings of their creators.
Description of nude body, which was resorted by artists of different times, has become a metaphor for the search of truth and freedom of expression, as well as a symbol of struggle with the official ideology in the second half of the XX century in Azerbaijan.
The exhibition theme was born as a result of a master-class "Curatorial and mediator practices in contemporary art" held by Honored Artist of Azerbaijan and curator Sabina Shikhlinskaya. The master-class took place in March 2013 in Baku as part of an educational program of nonprofit organization YARAT Space for Contemporary Art.
Curatorial idea of the three participants of the master class was recognized worthy for realization and will be presented at the Museum during 2014.
Nuda Veritas exhibition opens a series of projects of young curators, and all the paintings are part of the collection of the Baku Museum of Modern Art.
The format of the exhibition Nuda Veritas has also been designed by young authors - Farhad Farzaliev (audio -composition) and Anar Gurbanov (video-visualization).
The Museum is opened from Tuesdays to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. The ticket price is 5 manats.