Situated Selves: Jala Aziz, Irina Eldarova, Eldar Gurban, Butunay Hagverdiyev, Anar Huseynzade, Ramal Kazim, Tora Mais, Regina Rzaeva, Rza Rzazade
Gazelli Art House Baku is pleased to present Situated Selves, a multidisciplinary exhibition drawing on the philosophical thought of Edward S. Casey (b.1939), one of the most influential voices in American phenomenology.
Casey distinguishes between “place” and “space”, arguing that place is fundamentally tied to embodied experience and lived reality, while space is more abstract and detached. He explores how place shapes our identity, memory, and relationship with the world, advocating for a “place-based” ethic that recognizes our embeddedness in specific locations.
In contrast to modernist and Cartesian traditions that privilege space as empty, uniform, and measurable, Casey positions place as irreducibly lived: textured by affect, temporality, and cultural significance. “We are not only in place,” he argues, “but of it”.
Artists evoke places imagined, lost, and re-inhabited – exploring how place anchors experience and how dislocation reverberates through the body and psyche. In Situated Selves, visitors are invited not merely to observe space but to dwell in it, to inhabit the exhibition as an experiential terrain.
The participating artists offer imaginative responses to space, revealing personal narratives and emotional geographies shaped by their unique encounters. Here, space is not a fixed backdrop but a living entity – something to be remembered, questioned and reimagined.
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Jala Aziz, From “Within the Still Moment” series , 2025
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Jala Aziz, From “Within the Still Moment” series , 2025
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Jala Aziz, From “Within the Still Moment” series , 2025
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Tora Mais, Caspian Vacation, Bilgeh , 2011
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Ramal Kazim, Orange Wall, 2015
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Eldar Gurban, Still life. Kettle & Lemon, 2024
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Eldar Gurban, Village in Absheron , 2024
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Eldar Gurban, Scorching Day, 2007
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Eldar Gurban, Flowers for the Mermaid, 2022
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Eldar Gurban, Flying Serpents Launch, 2007
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Eldar Gurban, Morning in Absheron, 2008
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Eldar Gurban, Red Trees, 1976
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Rza Rzazade, Depot, 2025
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Rza Rzazade, Among the Branches, 2025
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Rza Rzazade, Grafting 1, 2025
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Rza Rzazade, Grafting 2, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Regina Rzayeva, Fragments, 2025
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Irina Eldarova, State (From “Everything is Not as It Seems” series), 2020
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Butunay Hagverdiyev, Sunrise, 2021
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Butunay Hagverdiyev, Sand boat, 2021
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Butunay Hagverdiyev, Pirshagi 2, 2021
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Butunay Hagverdiyev, Boat and tables, 2021
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Anar Huseynzada, Flight in the Space, 2025
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Anar Huseynzada, Ursa Majora, 2022
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Anar Huseynzada, House No.51, 2024
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Anar Huseynzada, Exoplanet, 2022