Path. Form. Image Automatic translate

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents a solo exhibition by Aladdin Garunov, a distinctive figure in Russian contemporary art who works at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and object art. The project, "Path. Form. Image," brings together approximately 100 works created from the 1990s to the present, and explores the key directions of his artistic exploration.

Throughout his practice, Aladdin Garunov has combined the cultural traditions of the North Caucasus with the language of contemporary art, creating works in which archaic cultural codes enter into dialogue with the materials and aesthetics of industrial modernity. Garunov’s works create a rich visual space where carpets and ornaments coexist with concrete and industrial rubber, and established symbols and calligraphic elements are combined with everyday objects. This combination of materials and images is a way of reflecting on cultural memory, spiritual customs, and the universality of artistic language.

The exhibition is structured not as a chronological retrospective, but rather along the trajectory of the author’s spiritual development: from the exploration of his own identity and the formation of his individual artistic language to the search for universal cultural images and constants. The final halls will feature his later cycles of works, "Total Prayer" and "Dhikr," in which Garunov’s practice gradually takes on the character of a meditative appeal to the spiritual world.

The exhibition will include works from the collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and private collections, as well as new pieces created by Aladdin Garunov specifically for this project.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Aladdin Ramazanovich Garunov was born in 1956 in the village of Ukuz, Kurakhsky District, Dagestan. In 1977, he moved to Moscow, where he continued his education at the Moscow Higher School of Art and Industry named after S. G. Stroganov, graduating in 1985. He has participated in numerous Russian and international exhibitions. He is a two-time finalist for the Kandinsky Prize in the Project of the Year category (2010, 2012) and a laureate of the Sergei Kuryokhin Prize in the Best Work of Visual Art category (2013). He is an Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan. Since 2024, he has been a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (Department of Newest Trends). Garunov’s works are included in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, and other museum and private collections. He lives and works in Moscow.