Landscape, 2013–2016

series of objects


The work is a collection of wooden objects representing human noses, modelled after North Caucasian faces. In Caucasus there are several legends referring to men losing their noses. In order to find them again, and thereby to prove their manliness, they set off on adventurous journeys.
In the Avar language, for instance, the word merlep means ‘mountain’ as well as ‘nose’. The high- landers’ identification with their mountains and peaks is also deeply rooted in the region. Land- scape does not only ‘tell’ interesting facts about the bond between the Caucasian people and their homeland, but hints at the stereotypes and clichéd images that often influence our knowledge of countries and their inhabitants.

Ilina Koralova
 Wood work: Kazbek Alikov
Nose models: Zaira Abasova, Rasul Abdulganiev, Shaban Abdulaev, Anzhela Abdulaeva, Said Aduev, Ayshat Adueva, Shamil Ahmed, Rakhman Akhmarov, Kazbek Alikov, Kurban Amirov, Ibragim Arsanov, Zarema Dadaeva, Kamila Dibirova, Magomed Dibirov, Ibragim Dzhankhotov, Lema Dzhankhotov, Igor Dzugutov, Irma Dzugutova, Regina Dzugutova, Said-Mokhmad Eliev, Emin Fatulaev, Ali Gadzhiev, Eduard Gadzhiev, Rashid Gadzhimagomedov, Magomed Gadzhimuradov, Patimat Gamzatova, Zarema Gamzatova, Gimbat Gimbatov, Stas Gubaev, Arsen Guseinov, Ilyas Hadzhaev, Yusup Hanmagomedov, Kamil Ibragimov, Magomed Kerimov, Aigimik Kerimova, Magomed Khadisov, Murad Khalilov, Mikhail Khalimov, Zarina Kodzaeva, Zos
Kolbaya, Amirkhan Magomedov, Gabibulla Magomedov, Khalil Magomedov, Magomed Magomedov, Muhammad Arif Magomedov, Shamsudin Magomedov, Tagir Magomedov, Aminat Magomedova, Zaira Magomedova, Osman Makhachev, Taus Makhacheva, Magomed Makhmudov, Dzhanbolat Makhtibekov, Alexander Milkondzhan, Vali Murtazaliev, Ruslan Myustapaev, Khadzhi-Murad Nabiev, Gadzhi Nadzhmutdinov, Arsen Nurmagomedov, Yusup Omarov, Umar Ozdomirov, Grigory Polikovsky, Zaina Saidkhanova, Khalima Saidudinova, Dzhamilya Shahbanova, Ali Suleimanov, Sharip Sultanov, Patimat Takhnaeva, Zarif Tolegen, Gamzat Tsadasa, Igor Tshovrebov

Production: Malika Alieva, Zaira Magomedova, Halima Saidudinova Text: Ilina Koralova

Special thanks to Murad Khalilov
Commissioned by Alanica International Art Symposium, NCCA, Vladikavkaz (1–7 noses), production supported by PERI foundation (2013)
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Niko Havranek, Patrick Hough




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