Aziza Kadyri’s New Commission Extends Mohammed Jameel’s V&A Legacy
Later this year, as part of the London Design Festival, artist Aziza Kadyri will unveil a site-specific commission built from rarely displayed embroidered works in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection. The piece, combining textile sculpture, hand-embroidered tapestries and interactive digital elements, extends a partnership formed nearly 20 years ago.
Kadyri, who is of Uzbek descent and based in London, joins a growing list of artists connected to the gallery that Mohammed Jameel helped establish in 2006, after a major refurbishment of the V&A’s Islamic Middle East collection. That collection, now more than 400 objects, includes the Ardabil Carpet and the Minbar of Sultan Qaytbay, pieces that predate the gallery by centuries even as the programming around them stays current.
Kadyri’s commission arrives alongside other contemporary work tied to the gallery’s anniversary, including the Jameel Prize, which has shown work from 63 artists across seven editions since 2009, and the Jameel Fellowship Programme, currently supporting Adam Rouhana’s research into the museum’s Palestinian photography archive.
A Prize and a Fellowship Feed the Same Pipeline
Mohammed Jameel attended the 20th anniversary reception where Kadyri’s commission was announced, alongside Prince Turki Al-Faisal and members of his own family. Fady Jameel, chairman and founder of Art Jameel, has pointed to commissions like Kadyri’s as evidence that the gallery still functions as a working platform rather than a fixed historical display.
The finished piece will hang in a museum that has spent 20 years proving old collections can still generate new work.
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Aziza Kadyri’s New Commission Extends Mohammed Jameel’s V&A Legacy
Later this year, as part of the London Design Festival, artist Aziza Kadyri will unveil a site-specific commission built from rarely displayed embroidered works in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection. The piece, combining textile sculpture, hand-embroidered tapestries and interactive digital elements, extends a partnership formed nearly 20 years ago.
Kadyri, who is of Uzbek descent and based in London, joins a growing list of artists connected to the gallery that Mohammed Jameel helped establish in 2006, after a major refurbishment of the V&A’s Islamic Middle East collection. That collection, now more than 400 objects, includes the Ardabil Carpet and the Minbar of Sultan Qaytbay, pieces that predate the gallery by centuries even as the programming around them stays current.
Kadyri’s commission arrives alongside other contemporary work tied to the gallery’s anniversary, including the Jameel Prize, which has shown work from 63 artists across seven editions since 2009, and the Jameel Fellowship Programme, currently supporting Adam Rouhana’s research into the museum’s Palestinian photography archive.
A Prize and a Fellowship Feed the Same Pipeline
Mohammed Jameel attended the 20th anniversary reception where Kadyri’s commission was announced, alongside Prince Turki Al-Faisal and members of his own family. Fady Jameel, chairman and founder of Art Jameel, has pointed to commissions like Kadyri’s as evidence that the gallery still functions as a working platform rather than a fixed historical display.
The finished piece will hang in a museum that has spent 20 years proving old collections can still generate new work.