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“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Arty­om Island, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Bal­ax­ani, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Bibi-Hey­bat, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Duben­di Beach, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Emin Beach, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Hövsan, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Sixov Cimer­liyi, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Sumqay­it, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Surax­ani, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, White City, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Xazar Islands, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Xirdalan, 57x75 cm, 2017.
“Geo­log­i­cal Paint­ings”, Zabrat, 57x75 cm, 2017.


GEOLOGICAL PAINTINGS

Soil samples from different locations on the Absheron Peninsula on wooden boards, 57x75 cm each, 2017.

Soil samples collected from different sites across the Absheron Peninsula—places connected to oil, its extraction and processing, and the wealth generated through it—form the basis of this series. Removed from their sites of origin and applied to wooden boards, the samples become the material for an aleatory painting process. The resulting “Geological Paintings” form an abstract map composed of multiple panels. Rather than representing or depicting the territory, they are physical translocations of it, carrying traces of the ways in which the ground has been used, transformed, and mythologized.