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A field of sugar cones, entitled AZMAN (The Biggest) (2016), awaits the visitor behind the curtains. Highly decorated sugar cones are a traditional gift from the groom’s family to newlyweds at their day of marriage, symbolizing fertility. The sugar is consumed upon the birth of the first male child, one of many ceremonies and rites specific to Azeri weddings. Ahmed accumulates the sugar cones and transforms them through scale. While playing upon their phallic form (The Biggest) and male symbolic status he emphasizes the idea of masculine energy. The decorations on the other hand suggest a female presence. The composition is centered around the biggest one, a two-meter large sugar cone standing at the center of the field. The image resembles a well-organized crowd of people, suggesting a model of a centralized, male dominated society following one leader as both example and focal point for everyone and everything surrounding him.
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