January 28, 2012 at 9:48 am

Brilliant Shadow Art by Rashad Alakbarov

by twistedsifter

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 
Azberbaijan-based artist Rashad Alakbarov creates wonderful shadow art using everyday objects and reflecting their shadows to create wonderful cityscapes and portraits. My favourite of the lot is the piece above that beautifully incorporates colour into thee piece for a really striking landscape.

If you’re in London, you can catch Rashad’s work displayed at the Phillips de Pury Gallery for the “Fly to Baku” group show (ends Jan. 29).

Rashad graduated from the Faculty of Decorative Arts at Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art in Baku in 2001. The use of shadows in his instllation art has become the primary direction in the artist’s conceptual work, but also dablles in painting, sculpture, theatre decorations, video art and architectural design. His work is held in private collections in Azerbaijan, Italy, Turkey and Russia. [Source]

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

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Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV

 

 

Sources

Contemporary Art of Azerbaijan on Facebook
Fly to Baku – Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan
Phillips de Pury Gallery
– First spotted on Reddit

 

 

 

 

 

 

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