"Biydar" Series Sculpture
By Layla Shirin
lAYLA SHIRIN
沙克玛·热夏提
Uyghur, born in 1988, in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County, Ili, Xinjiang，China.
Exclusively represented artist by MOGE GALLERY
GRADUATED FROM Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA ) , Sculpture Department, Fifth Studio (Sep 2007 – Jul 2012)
The author of the renowned sculpture series "Biydar".
"Domain · Painting · Field: Encounter Between Roads and Cultures" Contemporary Art Exhibition
“域·绘·场：路与文化的相遇”
Exhibition Dates: Dec 13, 2023 – Feb 27, 2024
Venue: Beijing Times Art Museum
Description:
The exhibition brings together nearly 60 multimedia artworks from 16 groups by 11 contemporary artists. It aims to showcase the beauty of Xinjiang through the lens of contemporary art.
BEIJING TIMES ART MUSEUM
北京时代美术馆
"Domain · Painting · Field: Encounter Between Roads and Cultures" Contemporary Art Exhibition
"PAINT MY LOVE"
Layla Shirin SOLO Exhibition
“缤纷我爱” 沙克玛·热夏提个展
Exhibition Dates: Feb 14, 2023 – Apr 12, 2023
Venue: MOGE GALLERY in Guangzhou
Description:
The exhibition presented the artist's most representative "Biydar" series of sculptures and paintings. It also marked Layla Shirin’s first solo exhibition in southern China.
MOGE GALLERY
“PAINT MY LOVE” lAYLA sHIRIN SOLO EXHIBITION
沙克玛·热夏提个展 “缤纷我爱”
“Among the younger generation, Layla Shirin stands out as a luminous presence. Beneath the clear blue skies of Tacheng, her colored wood sculptures caught my eye from afar with their light, effortless form. These works carry a raw, childlike charm—unrestrained and free—while their vibrant colors and patterns echo the decorative spirit of Uyghur craftsmanship. In a team brimming with masculine energy, Layla Shirin’s presence is like a crescent spring in the heart of the desert—a rare and refreshing oasis of artistry.”
--Tang Yao, Chairman of the Public Art Committee of China
Layla Shirin’s Biydar is a delicate sequence of pendulums, an extraordinary enlightenment that naturally rekindles our souls. In each of her works, we can almost perceive a force that resonates with our own being, as if our primal essence has been miraculously awakened. The vivid imagery, the diverse forms, the lifelike movements, and the silent yet profound monologues—both introspective and extroverted—create a dialogue that transcends boundaries.
— from The Height of Art Knows No Borders:
A Brief Analysis of Layla Shirin’s Sculpture Series Biydar by Xing Hao*
(*Xing Hao, contemporary avant-garde poet and independent critic.)
Biydar-for layla shirin’s sculpture
By Ah Renchu
I am neither steel nor glass,
I am merely transparent,
Letting all things pass through me.
I withhold nothing,
I do not barter away sin,
I am neither love
Nor the sun shining from afar.
I am transparent from within,
Like an endless clear sky.
Standing alone in the web,
Silent, lost in thought,
Sleep engulfs my body
Like air filling the sky.
I capture only dreams
And absurdity.
Yet I am not a dream.
I exist outside of dreams,
Leaping from one dream into another,
Drifting in the river’s flow.
What I grasp is only
The wing of a dream,
As if a mere sliver of a dream
Could save humankind.
The wings beat—
I awaken
In the depths of myself.
Yet I am not absurdity.
Look into this mirror—
How does one pass through humanity?
The wings beat, veiling my eyes—
The sky, the earth.
I am transparent from within,
Letting dreams
And humankind
Pass through me.
