Laumeier Sculpture Park is presenting Farid Rasulov: 1001 Skewers in the Aronson Fine Arts Center Whitaker Foundation Gallery, April 7–July 29, 2018. An outdoor commission, Rasulov’s Bird #1, 2018, has also been installed in Laumeier’s Northern Grove. The exhibition is curated by Dana Turkovic and supported by an Independent Artist Project grant from CEC Artslink, Zymo Sculpture Studio, Joan and Mitch Markow, and Mary and James Canova. Farid Rasulov: 1001 Skewers is a large-scale, indoor sculptural installation using more than 1,000 stainless-steel kebab skewers, with configurations based on Azeri fairytales. Bird #1, 2018, is a monumental, outdoor sculpture commission—the fiberglass artwork is a formal extraction of geometric, abstract shapes found in Azeri carpet patterns. Rasulov’s two installations are whimsical, humorous
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