PAINTING MUSEUM: TALK BY FARHAD KHALILOV

YARAT Contemporary Art Space presents the talk with the People’s Artist of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan Farhad Khalilov.Within the scope of the “Through the Artist's Eyes” project will be held at the The Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the XX-XXI Centuries.
At the event dedicated to the Azerbaijani avant-garde artist Ashraf Murad, Farhad Khalilov will share his memories of the artist, tell about his creative search, techniques and artistic processes of that period. Participants of the event will also be able to get acquainted with Ashraf Murad’s retrospective exhibition “Love and Protest”, presented in the museum.

Farhad Khalilov (b. 1946) studied at art school named after Azim Azimzade (1961-1966). Later he continued his education in Moscow at Stroganov State University and in at Moscow State Institute of Polygraphy (1969-1975). Absheron motifs – beaches and views of Absheron, also population aggregates of Absheron peninsula, such as Nardaran, Buzovna, Zagulba, Maştağa, Mardakan and others take an important place in creativity of Farhad Khalilov. The artist's works had been exhibited in countries of the USSR, also at the State Tretyakov Gallery, in Europe and USA.

In 1987, Farhad Khalilov was chosen the chairman of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan. He is at the head of this union up till now. In 2006, People's Artist of Azerbaijan Farhad Khalilov was conferred the “Shohrat” and “Sharaf” orders for his merits in development of Azerbaijani art.

The event will be held in Russian

Date: May 30, 2019

Time: 19:00

Venue: Painting Museum

Admission is free

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