Landscape
series of objects
wood ??
2016
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
Team
Wood work
Nose models
Production
Text
Photo
Kazbek Alikov
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
Malika Alieva, Zaira Magomedova, Halima Saidudinova
Ilina Koralova
Niko Havranek, Patrick Hough
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