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Almost a happy ending

I think it’s only fair to tell it as it is. I saw a dream where a woman jumped from a high floor. While everyone ran towards her, my attention stopped on a broken pot with flowers that looked as if they had just bloomed. For some reason, it felt like during the fall she touched the pot, and it fell with her. When I woke up, I understood that the pot was her body, and the flowers were her soul. That is why the work is called “Almost a Happy Ending”. She experienced pain in the physical world, but became free in the spiritual one. This work is not about the fall itself, but about the state after it. I am interested in the boundary where the physical ends and something else begins — quieter, but more lasting. The broken form remains on the ground, while what was inside continues to exist beyond it.

Almost a happy ending

Islam Ahmedli
Islam Ahmedli
Islam Ahmedli is an Azerbaijani artist born in 1996 in the city of Aleksin, Tula region, Russian Federation. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in 2019 and a Master’s degree in 2021. His artistic practice is connected with contemporary art, focusing mainly on abstraction and experimental visual approaches. He works with a variety of techniques including oil on canvas, acrylic, spray paint, and digital art. In addition to his artistic career, he works as a tattoo artist and graphic designer. Since 2021 he has been a member of the creative collective Modern Trinity. His first solo exhibition took place in February 2022.
Islam Ahmedli
Islam AhmedliAll works by the artist
Canvas / Oil
Size: 60 × 80 cm
Price: 950 AZN
Year: 2022

I think it’s only fair to tell it as it is. I saw a dream where a woman jumped from a high floor. While everyone ran towards her, my attention stopped on a broken pot with flowers that looked as if they had just bloomed. For some reason, it felt like during the fall she touched the pot, and it fell with her. When I woke up, I understood that the pot was her body, and the flowers were her soul. That is why the work is called “Almost a Happy Ending”. She experienced pain in the physical world, but became free in the spiritual one. This work is not about the fall itself, but about the state after it. I am interested in the boundary where the physical ends and something else begins — quieter, but more lasting. The broken form remains on the ground, while what was inside continues to exist beyond it.

AbstractionAbstractionism
Islam Ahmedli
Islam Ahmedli
Islam Ahmedli is an Azerbaijani artist born in 1996 in the city of Aleksin, Tula region, Russian Federation. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in 2019 and a Master’s degree in 2021. His artistic practice is connected with contemporary art, focusing mainly on abstraction and experimental visual approaches. He works with a variety of techniques including oil on canvas, acrylic, spray paint, and digital art. In addition to his artistic career, he works as a tattoo artist and graphic designer. Since 2021 he has been a member of the creative collective Modern Trinity. His first solo exhibition took place in February 2022.