MARINA GISICH GALLERY

Kerim Ragimov launched his ‘Human Project’ in 1994. The artist has devised anonymous group portraits in paintings and drawings, on the basis of media images. He scrupulously reproduces a particular scene found on the pages of mass publications. The heroes of ‘Human Project’ are connected by a specific emotional state — by pain, joy, anger or pride. Kerim Ragimov asks the question: what is humanism in the era of mass media, when an event no longer exists but is created when history lacks a priori certainty, when it is constructed before our very eyes by the media.

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Kerim Ragimov.

Human project. Episode #68. 2020.

Oil on canvas.

146 × 207 cm.

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HUMAN PROJECT. EPISODE #67.

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Kerim Ragimov.

Human project. Episode #67. 2020.

Oil on canvas.

150 × 207 cm.

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HUMAN PROJECT. EPISODE #66.

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Kerim Ragimov.

Human project. Episode #66. 2020.

Oil on canvas.

205 × 277 cm.

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HUMAN PROJECT. EPISODE #65.

SFA 318

Kerim Ragimov.

Human project. Episode #65. 2019.

Oil on canvas.

106 × 199 cm.

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SFA 318

The artist himself defines his work as follows: ‘... The basis for the ‘Human Project’ series is the iconic perception of man’s image in the Eastern Christian sense. It is about the image, the Prototype, the connection between them, the feeling of unease when we are confronted by them and by this connection. The figurative painterly code here is no more (but also no less) than a sign of traditional academicism, a symbol of self-sufficiency and a vestige of the contemplative practice of the loner. I feel like a man signalling about the human outside of the space of civilisation, before the end of its history. Like an author who has renounced authorship of this memorial message in favour of his character and hero — humanity.’