Azerbaijani painter mesmerizes Londoners

/By AzerNews/

By Nigar Orujova

An exhibition of the famous Azerbaijani painter, founder of non-conformism in national culture, Javad Mirjavadov , has been launched at the famous fine art auction house Sotheby’s in London.

The exhibition is held as part of Second Buta International Azerbaijani Art Festival.

Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and Arzu Aliyeva attended the opening ceremony.

Nasib Piriyev, Director General of Buta Art Center, highlighted the projects implemented by the center, and future events to be held as part of the Second Buta International Azerbaijani Art Festival.

Works by young talents of Azerbaijan aroused great interest throughout the world, said Farah Piriyeva, Curator of the exhibition and specialist on modern art and gallery.

She noted that Javad Mirjavadov was one of the talented painters of Azerbaijan, adding he was described by art-lovers as “an eminent Azerbaijani painter of the 20th century.”

MirJavadov is an outstanding Azerbaijani artist of the second half of the twentieth century.

Having graduated from the Baku Art School in 1949, MirJavadov spent a number of years in Leningrad, where he managed to secure a position at the State Hermitage Museum as a manual labourer and gain access to the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

The key details of the maestro’s art life includes solo exhibitions held in Baku and Moscow in the Central House of Artists in 1987; being honored for his services to Azerbaijani Art in 1988, and a personal retrospective held in the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow in 1992.

Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s Lord Mark Poltimore said Azerbaijani art takes a specific place in the world of art.

The exhibition, which also features national Azerbaijani carpets taken from Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, will end on February 19.

As part of the Festival, Azerbaijan’s contemporary artists Faig Ahmed and Aida Mahmudova are displaying their talent at the exhibition Exploring Inward underway at Louise Blouin Foundation in January.

The Buta Art Festival presents the Azerbaijani art, reflecting the unity of the ancient historical roots and modernity.

This year it provides a window to the Azerbaijani Arts in London offering unique insights into a country that is arousing our curiosity.