Azernews.Az

By Nigar Orujova

"Fly to Baku - Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan" exhibition organized and supported by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the English edition of "Baku" magazine was launched at the Heydar Aliyev Center on December 27.

Azerbaijan`s First Lady and President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Mehriban Aliyeva and Vice-President of the Foundation, the initiator of the project, Leyla Aliyeva attended the event.

The opening ceremony was attended by state and government officials, MPs and other dignitaries.

As part of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s activities aimed at popularizing Azerbaijan around the world, the exhibition opened for the first time in London in January, 2012. The exhibition has been held in cultural centers such as Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Rome and Vienna in the last two years.

The exhibition aims to provide information about the immense progress achieved by Azerbaijan through contemporary art.

The exhibition features more than 100 works by 21 Azerbaijani artists in various genres such as painting, sculpture, installation, video art, performance, and photography. Most of the works were created especially for this exhibition.

Works by Altay Sadykhzadeh, Leyla Aliyeva, Museib Amirov, Adil Yusif, Zarnishan Yusif, Aliyar Alimirzayev, Rashad Alakbarov, and others are displayed at the exhibition, successfully presenting Azerbaijan's contemporary art which is a mixture of Western and Eastern cultures.

The final "Fly to Baku" exhibition at the center will run until March 1, 2014.