
Orkhan Huseynov b. 1978
Paradise Series: The Day Equals To a Thousand Years, 2018
Plexiglass
90 x 60 cm
35 3/8 x 23 4/8 ins
35 3/8 x 23 4/8 ins
1/3 + 2APs
In Islamic culture, a Paradise is described as a place of eternal pleasure and comfort with pure springs, cleanness, tasty food and beautiful servants and maids. The 7th-century dreams of...
In Islamic culture, a Paradise is described as a place of eternal pleasure and comfort with pure springs, cleanness, tasty food and beautiful servants and maids. The 7th-century dreams of heavenly comfort now can be easily achieved in a 5-star hotel and resort. Modern technology is able to make "eternal springs" flow in any direction and with any temperature you may desire. The modern service system may put exotic fruits on your table and exotic birds in your garden, literary turning your life into 7th-century paradise. So the Paradise people dreamed so long is finally gained. Though there are still some limits like money and length of human life. As such, this series depicts life in a paradise with good conditions (water and sewerage system, plenty of food and relaxation, with serving heavenly creatures).