Photo: Exhibition of nominees "Kandinsky Prize-2008"

[Евгений]

1964 - born in Moscow.
1987 - graduated from Moscow State Art Institute. Surikova. Thesis was awarded the silver medal of the USSR Academy of Arts.
1989-92 - Co-owner and curator of the first gallery. Moscow.
1992 - founded the Aidan Gallery.
Solo Exhibitions http://www.gif.ru/people/salahova/
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Two years have passed since then, when the "Persian Miniatures" first appeared as a separate series in XL, Aidan Salakhova was nearly banned by the artist. In this sense, we have recently often something happens - but that with Aidan! It was just in the "Persian Miniatures" - more precisely, in one of them, which was supposed to go to an exhibition in Dresden, but was detained by Russia's Customs.

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in the silhouette of two women's hands tenderly caressed erect tower minaret, brave customs officials had a vision that is understandable - and abroad, the picture is not allowed. Besides that any minkultovskie permission to export existed. But apparently, the purity of the customs border are experiencing as their own, and in honor of his own Ministry of Culture not pointer. Self classifying obscenity, they threatened to call where to start - so she promises to yell "Help!", If not stop - and with Customs decided to just not connect. Minaret poked here and there but came back. To reappear now. The second edition of the "Persian Miniatures", enlarged and revised, includes smaller scenes, frankly erotic overtones, and more - with the lack of candor. Where eroticism is not different from the general sensuality and the specific content of any particular picture - something syromyatnichesky - covered with a pile of surreal fragility and confusion of interpretations, as covered by the veil of the heroine, Aidan, that can be discerned only a very general outline, as they say is still only hands. Paradox: if tempting what is hidden and not vice versa, the veil should consider the most erotic clothing (and on this basis heartily recommend it to someone). The paradox at all in the blood of Aidan, once both excellent students and Wild Child, a Moscow lady, playing the eastern woman, an artist, that appeal to neo-classical (as well as Orientalism), while elusive in definition and inclinations: "... I am not owner of seraglio, not in Japan, I am not a Turk ". The only thing feminine is inescapable: there bring up even earlier, more youthful nearly a series of "Steel orgasm on an orange background or past interest in Sufism (again, it seems, precisely because of his ecstatic) - so the paradox is only raznoobrazyaschey permanent menu seasoning . But that's the problem. The paradox is addressed is always sophisticated, understand or even want to understand. And if your opponent starts to build a sanctimonious virgin, as it is now very often? Here and sign language not help: a well all the same arm caught?

1.Aydan Salahova. (One of the most interesting artists of Moscow.
I personally really like her paintings, I wish she wins).
2.Iz series of Persian miniatures. 2007 - 2008. Gouache, watercolor, gold paint