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Azerbaijani artist joins Artisterium expo [PHOTO]

7 November 2017 15:57 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani artist joins Artisterium expo [PHOTO]

By Laman Ismayilova

The 10th Annual International Contemporary Art Exhibition Artisterium started in Tbilisi on November 4.

The Exhibition of Contemporary Art to run until November 14, is dedicated to the dialogue between visual arts, craft, and design.

Exhibition hosts artists, artist groups, curators and art critics from around the world and sets out to create a platform for exchange. It provide new insights and new approaches to the ever-changing state of contemporary art and culture.

Artists from Georgia, Russia, US, Great Britain, South Korea, Germany, as well as from Azerbaijan and Turkey are attending the event., Report.Az informs.

Azerbaijan at the exhibition is represented by artist and photographer Elnur Babayev.

His photograph from the Azerbaijani Refugee Camp (1994-1996) will be displayed on November 7.

The work by national artist and photographer will feature at photo exhibition "Face to Face", organized as part of the event.

Being the son of the People's Artist of Azerbaijan, artist Rasim Babayev, he also devoted his life to creativity.

Elnur Babayev enjoys not only painting, but also wood carving, art pottery and digital photography.

His photo from the cycle "Refugees" is dedicated to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, territorial and ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the bloody war, Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Today Armenia controls fifth part of Azerbaijan's territory and rejects implementing four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from there.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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