HAYHILLGALLERY
A selection of original paintings
A I G A N A G A L I By
Claudie Bastide
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Hay Hill Gallery 5a Cork Street Mayfair London
Thoughtful painting, classical composition, Renaissance palette and unique photographic technique symbolise her works. Relics and modern representations at once, they return a viewer to a long-forgotten dialogue about feelings that have been discarded for later contemplation. Exhibition "Holy Garden" includes 14 canvases that represent modern interpretation of holy icons. Aigana's paintings are to be understood through feelings rather than reason. One should not attempt to decipher human features in these portraits, but rather notice features that are holy. Aigana Gali was born and raised in Kazakhstan, which is the ancient crossing on the Great Silk Road, where Asia and Europe mixed to give the world a unique blend of culture. Faceless portraits of saints are both philosophical and spiritual representation of the artist's view on the depiction of Saints.! Religions such as Christianity have always labeled holy characters and even God with a human face. Whether it is right to do so,! has always been questioned. Islam for example forbids giving holy characters a human face and thus forbids the depiction of saints. These portraits are of presence and of atmosphere, but not of a human face and its physical features. These faces are of spiritual nature that has no depiction. Here one can find movement of light, and spiritual emotion.
The Holy Icon of St. Nono 1,2 and 3 mixed media on canvas 150 x 95 cm (x3)
Holy Bird of Attraction mixed media on canvas 95 x 150 cm
The Holy Bird of Passion mixed media on canvas 150 x 95 cm (x3)
Biography  Main exhibitions 2010 Personal Fine Art Exhibition The Westbury Hotel Gallery,London 2009 Personal Fine Art Exhibition OYU Art Gallery, Almaty,KZ 2007 Personal Fine Art Exhibition Kasteev State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2006 Personal Fine Art Exhibition Zig-Zag Art Gallery, Almaty,KZ 2005 Personal Fine Art Exhibition Ark Art Gallery, Almaty,KZ 2004 Personal Fine Art Exhibition The Alma-Ata Art Gallery, Almaty,KZ
Hay Hill Gallery 5a Cork Street Mayfair London www.hayhillgallery.com E: info@hayhillgallery.com
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