Overview

Gazelli Art House presents Tales from the Caucasus, featuring four artists from Azerbaijan and the surrounding region working across painting and moving image. Reflecting on personal and societal transformation, they depict contemporary life through a figurative language rich in storytelling. The artists navigate everyday scenes, often infusing them with the fantastical elements of folk tales and myths. The emotional and psychological charge of specific moments and places forms the core of the exhibition—whether a domestic living room, a city park at night, or the shoreline of the Caspian Sea.


Tales from the Caucasus places regional traditions and histories within a contemporary, globalised context, creating connections between past and present. While many of the artists are based in Europe, their works draw on stylistic roots from the Caucasus, engaging contemporary perspectives shaped by migration, cultural exchange, and autobiography.

 

Exhibition Preview: 22 January 2026, 6–8 PM (GMT)