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Azerbaijani artist’s painting sold for $50,000 in Tokyo

18 August 2016 17:54 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani artist’s painting sold for $50,000 in Tokyo

By Laman Ismayilova

A painting by well-known Azerbaijani artist Vugar Muradov called "Garnet" was sold for $50,000 at Tokyo International Art Fair, Azertac reported.

This year, the international art fair involved more than 8,000 art lovers.

Tokyo will be playing host to hundreds of talented artists from all around the world when it stages the second Tokyo International Art Fair by Global Art Agency on 26-27 May 2017, Hikarie Hall Shibuya.

Vugar Muradov got his education at Azerbaijan State Art School named after A.Azimzade, Baku. The artist’s paintings have been displayed in exhibitions in a number of countries.

Muradov usually says that he has everything there that an artist could want: plentiful light suffusing the space through a glass wall and an open view across a bay in the Caspian to a cascade of oil derricks on the horizon. Standing guard over the district for more than a century, they evoke romantic thoughts and feelings.

His canvases ‘Mugham’, ‘Adam and Eve’, ‘Old Nodding Oil Derrick’ are made up of many different faces contained in small squares and they gave rise to his cycle ‘Faces’, which professionals have hailed as a new word in artistic craftsmanship.

Muradov’s paintings are mainly bought by private collectors and the world’s most famous museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the same city’s Museum of Modern Art, the Argentinean company Guevara Films, the Central and Eastern European Art Foundation in Washington, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan).

They embellish the offices of the Baltimore Sun newspaper (USA), Turkey’s Ministry of Defence, the Lambri International company (Holland), the Peace Foundation, the French embassy in Azerbaijan and many private collections around the world.

Currently, his other works are showcased at Expo 2016” in Antalya.

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

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