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By Nigar Orujova

A solo exhibition by Irina Eldarova will open at "Yay" Gallery at 7.00 p.m. on December 26.

"Girls Prefer Oilmen" features the latest paintings and installations by Eldarova who was inspired by the classic films of the 1960s and the unfading image of Marilyn Monroe.

Organized by YARAT Contemporary Art Organization, the peculiar exhibition will last until February 26, 2014.

Irina Eldarova is an artist, illustrator, and graduate of Saint-Petersburg State Academy named after Repin and Moscow State Institute named after V. I. Surikov.

Irina's creative work include not only painting and graphic designs, but also the development of large-scale publishing projects in Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

The range of the artist's professional interests covers photography, video art, and journalism.

Eldarova is also known as the author of the monumental marble panel fixed at Khalglar Dostlugu metro station in Baku.

The artist received the prize for Best Media Project, granted by the Kazakhstan Journalists Union, in 2007.

She also illustrated "A Proud Violin" in 2012, a children's book that received very warm feedbacks from art critics in UK.

Irina Eldarova's works can be found in the Tretyakovskaya Gallery (Moscow), Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union, the Modern Art Museum (Baku), the Arts Museum named after Mustafayev, and the Baku Arts Center, and are part of many private collections.