Art critic and curator Olena Som-Serdiukova’s project is original and multifaceted. Fate destined her to reside in Norway since 2006. “Road Signs” on her way are people, events, and favorite books.
On one of the turns, Som-Serdiukova happened to meet Mustafa Murtazayev, a talented Crimean Tatar artist. As their emotional conditions were similar, they launched a joint art project, which comprises “A Deserted Island,” a series of Mustafa’s paintings, and pictures that illustrate many of Olena’s travels north and south, east and west. The pictured doors inimitably resemble the palm of a hand. They have a character, a soul, a destiny, and are capable of turning space into a lace of signs. The photographs of doors are complemented with various views from the windows of Olena’s house in Stavanger, through which we can see the majestic Norwegian nature. The phantasmal interlacement of Murtazayev’s emotionally tense paintings has absorbed the Crimean Tatar people’s melodiousness and attraction to bright colors, and the voice of a person of strong will and a difficult destiny rings out from the depths of the artist’s subtle soul.
The exhibit will remain open until December 5.
