Film about Tahir Salahov to be presented in Paris
By Nigar Orujova
A documentary film about Azerbaijani People's Artist Tahir Salahov will be screened in Paris, AzerTag state news agency reported.
Directed by Ziya Shikhlinski, the documentary is called "The Artist Drawing with Heart".
The film will be presented at an event marking his 85th anniversary in Paris, France. The event marking Salahov`s birthday will take place in February or March this year.
Tahir Salahov, one of the most prominent representatives of the Azerbaijani art, is the vice-president and honorary president of the International Association of Plastic Arts of UNESCO, the vice-president of the Russian Academy of Arts, People's Artist of the USSR, Azerbaijan and Russia, and is the winner of a number of high awards, including the State Prize of the USSR and Azerbaijan.
The artist became one of the leading representatives of the so-called "severe style", a trend in Soviet art of the 1960s that aimed to set off a hard, publicist, realist view against the ceremonial "polished reality" of the Joseph Stalin era.
Salahov's early works showed the life and work of the Baku oilworkers and portraits of famous composers, using contrasting red, black, light and dark-grey shades.
Later, his paintings became more peaceful and lyrically contemplative, lines became smoother and more melodious, and the palette more sophisticated.
At present, Salahov lives in Moscow, holding classes, and has a studio at the Moscow Art Institute.