Don't fret, we'll get there all right..., 2022

Artist Aslan Orazaev has a remarkable ability to infuse his paintings with music. A mid-century jazz medley instantly begins to play in your head at the first glance at the painting. You hear muffled, as if playing in the distance, Bobby Darin's Beyond the Sea, Nat King Cole's Smile, and Ray Charles's upbeat melody. Don't fret, we'll get there all right... is about enthusiasm and hope, a hallmark of the post-war era, despite the hardships of life. There is no room for gloom – we have our whole lives to live!