Exhibition
Silk Web
The Silk Web exhibition was a collaboration between the Dowse Art Museum (Lower Hutt, Aotearoa/New Zealand) and the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design. The exhibition was curated by Shangri La’s Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Leslee Michelsen.
Breaking down preconceptions of traditional textiles and the ‘Silk Road’, the exhibition explores artisan textile production in Central Asia through contemporary artists. Including works by former Shangri La artist-in-residence, Faig Ahmed(Azerbaijan), Dilyara Kaipova (Uzbekistan) and Saule Dyussenbina (Kazakhstan), The Silk Web brings together pop culture, op art and neo-surrealism with soft furnishings and costume.
Residency
Faig Ahmed
Faig Ahmed is an internationally-recognized artist from Baku, Azerbaijan known for his conceptual works utilizing traditional craft reimagined as contemporary sculptural artworks.January 12, 2019 - January 22, 2019
Residency
Faig Ahmed
Faig Ahmed is an internationally-recognized artist from Baku, Azerbaijan known for his conceptual works utilizing traditional craft reimagined as contemporary sculptural artworks.January 12, 2019 - January 22, 2019
Exhibition
Faig Ahmed
An exhibition of textiles by Shangri La artist-in-residence, Faig Ahmed (b. 1982, Azerbaijan). Ahmed's surreal textile sculptures incorporate and reinterpret traditional carpet-weaving techniques from his native country into hyper-contemporary forms.January 19, 2019 - July 13, 2019
Exhibition
Faig Ahmed
An exhibition of textiles by Shangri La artist-in-residence, Faig Ahmed (b. 1982, Azerbaijan). Ahmed's surreal textile sculptures incorporate and reinterpret traditional carpet-weaving techniques from his native country into hyper-contemporary forms.January 19, 2019 - July 13, 2019
Exhibition
Kamran Samimi: Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries is a beautifully layered response to an extraordinary time and place. The work is the outcome of an artistic residency that was extended by several months because of the impacts of the pandemic.April 1, 2021 - October 2, 2021
Exhibition
Kamran Samimi: Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries is a beautifully layered response to an extraordinary time and place. The work is the outcome of an artistic residency that was extended by several months because of the impacts of the pandemic.April 1, 2021 - October 2, 2021
