Work
Statement
Memories by the Roll
Date: 2021
Medium: Textile, Installation
Materials: ripstop nylon, thread and acrylic
Dimensions: 60x40 inches / 152x100 cm
While investigating the connections between memories and craft, Leyla discovered her grandmother’s hand-sewn pillowcase the artist used to make a fabric doll as a child. By connecting the uncovered textile to an orange nylon backgroundas, Leyla records her own and her grandmother’s creative labor. The toy’s cutout silhouette can be seen as negative spaces in the artwork.
Dividers
2023
Archival pigment print, book cloth, wood
16x20x12 in
Dividers: Cast of Characters
The Apron & Poppies
The Dove & the Artist
The Rose
The Horse
Instant Home
Date: 2022
Artists: Leyla Rzayeva and Hanne Lange
Medium: Photography, Installation
Materials: archival pigment prints
Dimensions: 6x9 inches and 9x12 inches
Artists Hanne Lange’s and Leyla Rzayeva’s collaborative work completed in Dresden, Germany. In the installation about home, memory and metaphor, Leyla Rzayeva and Hanne Lange are stepping into a new affinity that takes time and space. Asking questions about how to understand hospitality, immigration and availability of materials and resources during the times of global change. A photograph of the original work is displayed together with a series of postcards and posters. The images in the postcards were chosen by the artists from their collaboration and individual art practice. Each viewer can take part in the installation - take the postcards and then form new combinations in their own home or send them by post.
Rose Water
Date: 2021
Artist: Leyla Rzayeva
Medium: Textile, Installation
Materials: cotton fabric, acrylic paint and silk
Dimensions: 48x18 inches / 120x45 cm
Interpreting the floral patterns of Azerbaijn and Soviet textiles, the painted roses on a yellow background are displayed with silk roving arranged at the top corners of the work. The silk roving at the corners of the work can be moved with each installation.