Still life 

This vibrant still life by Mahmud Taghiyev presents us with a seemingly simple arrangement of fruit, rendered with dynamic strokes of ink and color. These fruits, traditionally symbols of fertility, abundance, and temptation, carry echoes from the Garden of Eden to Cezanne's explorations of form. Consider how the motif of the fruit appears in Caravaggio's "Basket of Fruit", laden with symbolic decay, a memento mori. Here, in contrast, Taghiyev’s fruits burst with color, an unrestrained celebration of life, and a feast for the eyes. The bold lines and vivid hues resonate with a primal energy, tapping into our collective memory of nature's bounty. The non-linear, cyclical progression of this symbol shows the way fruit, from ancient myth to modern art, continues to feed our imagination, constantly evolving with each brushstroke.