CULTURE
Final exhibition of project “Invasion. Museum 2014” to open in Baku’s biggest museums
The final exhibition of the project “Invasion. Museum 2014” will be opened in Baku’s biggest museums – The National Museum of the Arts, The State Carpet Museum, The Historical Architectural Reserve ‘Icherisheher’ and The Historical Architectural Reserve ‘Ateshgah Temple’. The exhibition will run from October 18 to November 30. This project is sponsored by Bank Technique.
The project is run by YARAT Contemporary Art Organization within the framework of ‘ARTIM’, a program that supports young talent, giving opportunities to emerging artists, designers, and musicians over several years.
This year’s project is directed by the distinguished Azerbaijani artist and curator Sabina Shikhlinskaya.
The subject of the project is the interpretation of the material and intangible cultural and historical heritage of Azerbaijan by contemporary artists.
Among the artists included are Natavan Aliyeva, Mehriban Shamsaddinskaya, Vusala Agarzayeva, Ilaha Haligova, Aysel Nagiyeva, Rufat Aliyev, Veronika Isayeva, Orhan Garayev, Nadir Babayev, Ayna Musayeva, Zokhrab Salamzadeh, Farhad Hagverdi, Nigar Alisheva, Chinara Mejidova, Fatima Hajiyeva, Rahim Chopurov, Nazrin Musayeva, Nigar Mammadli, Habib Saher, Ayten Abdullayeva, Arif Amirov, Sabina Abbasova, Elvin Adigezal, Nadir Eminov, Elvin Nabizade, Ayhan Halilov, Ruhullah Hasanzadeh, Parvana Persiani, Huseyn Hasanov, Nariman Israfilova and Fidan Hajiyeva.
For six months the participants of the project familiarized themselves with the archives and collections of the most important museums of Baku, Absheron, Sheki, Ganja, Lahij and Basgal. The result of this research was various artworks with contemporary and completely unexpected views on Azerbaijani history and art.
The participants covered different genres and trends including painting, sculpture, installation, video art and performance.