Supreme Harmony of the Colors
Ayan Aziz Mammadova, a graduate of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts, still in her student years, successfully exposed her own work in the country and abroad. Later she continued her exhibition activities, developing all new directions in her creativity works.
Evil Eye Series
Ayan’s own artistic manner, but she is looks for and successfully find her own way in art. In the centre of her creative manner there has been set the colour. It is the colour which assigns in her works the rhythm, and deep meaning. Such is, for example, the work entitled “From Evil Eye”, where an abstract ornament in the first glance is actually a reference to the traditional colour decision of the Muslim amulet “Evil eye", which is a charm, supposed to secure from according to the evil eye.
Guitars
The classical motif of the pattern of this amulet is found in many other works of the artist. The basis for some of them was not canvas and not a cardboard, but ... guitars. Their upper decks and neck heads are covered with ornament from concentric diamonds, circles and squares.
Pomegranates Series
Another favorite symbol in the work of Ayan Aziz is a pomegranate. Multifaceted and alive, it represents in her works a whole universe, moreover – many different universes. Pomegranate ornament, pomegranate-guard, pomegranate-city, pomegranate-treasury, pomegranate-galaxy...
Pictorial paintings
Many pictorials works of Ayan Aziz are in their content ornamental compositions, however, at the closer look at arabesques, saturated patterns can be found hidden still life or landscape. Such, for example, the works of “Autumn Still Life”, “Rocks”, “Galata Tower”, “Bosporus”, “Sheki motives”, “Sails” and others.
Landscapes
It should be noted that the landscape, including quite realistic, occupies a prominent place in the works of the artist. Some of these works were created under the influence of travel impressions – for example, the exquisite and fairly extensive “Istanbul Suite”. But there are also the works of another type – for example, the “Tales of Hoffmann”, where the means of the landscape skillfully passed the atmosphere of frightening mysticism and the loneliness of the main characters against the background of landed burgher prosperity of the remaining characters. Narrow, close street with half-timbered houses creates a generalized, but at the same time a very recognizable appearance of the ancient German town. “Sunset” flavoring in red and yellow tones escalate anxiety, and the walls of the houses are storing like predator over the head of the invisible hero – and the viewer.
Abstracts
The artist has a lot of such works, where the absolute abstraction reigns, so the dynamic duet of colour and line gives a viewer the opportunity to decide that he sees in front of his eyes. One of these works, called the “Color Harmony”, can serve as a concise and capacious description of the creative credo of Ayan Aziz, which is based on self-expression through the colour and skillfully usage of all its capabilities. The work of this focus can be attributed to the entire extensive series of “Symphony of the colors” 2014, as well as the “Open Mystery”, “Storm”, “Game”, “Flight”, “Unity”, “Destiny”, “Dance”, “Cold”, “Mystery of Flowers”, “Dream”, “Battle”, “Visions” and others. Part of the abstract works of the artist are solved in a rather rare for modern painting of the format of tondo (on canvas of round shape).
Paintings
Sometimes it happens that the exuberant whirlwind of colour acquires specific features, and then the work receives a single name. Each of them is like an answer to the rebus: speaking here in the role of the viewer, I’d like first think about what I see, and then pry in response. Among that kind of works there can be noted some of them, such as the “Magic Tree”, “Song of Caspian Sea”, “Galaxy”.
Symphony of Colors series
Ayan Aziz's paintings pulsate with the flaming, magnificent energy of the Sun. Like solar prominences extending from the core of our life-sustaining star, vibrant rings of color and figures extend from my imagination onto the canvas. On her works, showing a host of expressions, emotions, and moods that capture feminine warmth, sensitivity, and emotional complexity. Artist use colors and dynamic, circular brushstrokes to impart rhythm and deep meaning to the paintings. This results in abstract forms and saturated patterns that are woven into Ayan Aziz's still lifes and landscapes. And art became a reflection of artist's inner world, and be a mirror of the soul.
