"Careful! The Pier is Rocking!": Chaigi Ibragimov delivers tea at the Neftyaniye Kamni Petroleum Settlement, near Baku, Azerbaijan

Label

In Careful! The Pier is Rocking!, sharp tonal contrasts draw our attention to the eight cups of tea a man is deftly balancing as he traverses a pier at a petroleum settlement near Baku, Azerbaijan. The server’s juggling of the glasses, especially on the moving surface, indicates his athleticism, while his casual expression implies his experience. The composition’s playful tone associates tea with respite and gathering.

From the 2024 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 118, Coffee and Tea in Art: A Brew of Cultural Symbolism, Solace, and Introspection, curated by Jeffrey Liu '24, Class of 1954 Intern

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 118, Coffee and Tea in Art: A Brew of Cultural Symbolism, Solace, and Introspection, Jeffrey Liu '24, Class of 1954 Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 11 - July 7, 2024

Provenance

Produced by the Dmitri Baltermants Collection, LLC, Scarsdale, New York; sold to present collection (arranged through Harley and Stephen C. Osman, Class of 1956, Tuck 1957), 2003.

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