Press Release
THE MYTH ZONE
4 August to 6 September
2003
Timur Akhmedov is an Uzbek artist
who has participated in more than 40 exhibitions in Uzbekistan, England,
Scotland, Germany, and Russia. His works are characterised by high tension in
the harmony of colour, which seems to be clear and simple only at first sight.
However, Akhmedov’s art very often contains elements of implicit symbolism.
Timur Akhmedov was born in 1968
in Tashkent. He has graduated from the Republican College of Arts in Tashkent
and the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan. In 1992 Akhmedov started to participate
in numerous exhibitions both in Uzbekistan and abroad, including the United
Kingdom. In November 1997 the artist won Grand Prix on the International
Biennale of Asian Art. Akhmedov is a member of the Academy of Arts of
Uzbekistan.
Timur Akhmedov’s creative work
could be assimilated to philosophic and meditative trend of artistic thought
which has become specific to the art of Uzbekistan. Artists following this trend
not only reflect upon the aspects of existence, but also express emotions and
spiritual processes such as meditation, prayer, spiritual enlightenment, and so
on; they turn to Oriental philosophies and religions. What is important for
Akhmedov in his works is not the action, but the emotional inner state of the
character in the first place. The artist employs the traditions of Oriental
philosophies not only in the external drawing and plastic forms, but also in
conveying the state of mind of a character profoundly absorbed in himself. In
this regard, a specific genre of a picture-image can be distinguished.
Akhmedov has created a series of
unusual portraits, which speaks of a certain paradox of the genre. The artist
denies his characters’ individual and personal qualities: he is keen to create a
generalised image.
The artist’s view upon the
objects of a still life is quite interesting. He employs primitivistic
techniques and creates exaggeratedly plane images. The objects are deprived of
tangibility, they are given features of something light-weight and even
weightless, and the decorative gracefulness is emphasized.
Akhmedov’s paintings show the
tendency towards playing with the form and the models. With the feeling of both
irony and sincere admiration he paints female heads, apparition-like figures,
brightly coloured elephants and horses. In almost all of his works he uses the
geometric pattern of colour squares, which produces monothematic effect, and
becomes an interesting device employed by the artist, having acquired the
significance of a universal ornament.
Timur Akhmedov’s works are held
in many international private and corporate collections. Among the collectors of
his creations are the famous musician Seal, Dr M.W.J. Smurfit, Prince Albert of
Monaco and the Kildare Hotel & Country Club, Ireland.
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