Heydar Aliyev Foundation VP attends solo exhibition of People’s Artist Omar Eldarov

Asolo exhibition titled "Beauty and monumentality" on the 90th jubilee of People's Artist, sculptor, rector of the State Academy of Fine Arts Omar Eldarov opened at the Heydar Aliyev Center on December 21.

Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva attended the opening ceremony.

The participants in the event included state and government officials, MPs, acclaimed scientists, cultural and art figures.

Assistant to the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan, Executive Director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Anar Alakbarov read out congratulatory message of First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva addressed to Omar Eldarov on the occasion of his 90th jubilee.

In the letter, matchless services of Omar Eldarov in the development of the Azerbaijani sculpture art was emphasized, noting that the eminent figure of art made significant contributions to the Azerbaijani people’s moral evolution and aesthetic education of the youth, and enriched the national school of sculpture, turning unforgettable images of Azerbaijan’s persons of genius into beautiful monuments.

He has made great efforts for long years towards promoting national culture, worthily representing Azerbaijan’s sculptural art all over the world, and acted as a pedagogue serving to educating a new generation of artists in the country, attracting young artists to this great art, and formation in them artistic and aesthetic tastes.

Leyla Aliyeva also congratulated the outstanding sculptor on his jubilee and wished him new successes in his creative activities.

The event participants then viewed the exhibition.

Over 30 examples of sculpture of the People’s Artist made of bronze, wood, stone and other materials are displayed in the exposition.

Omar Eldarov created a number of statues and monuments eternalizing the memories of Azerbaijan’s eminent figures. In each of his works, sculptor reveals individual features of the person he describes, and expresses moral and humanistic traits of his character, along with portrait resemblance.

Prominent artist engraves in his works the typical pose allowing guess unique features of a human’s inner world, his gesture, and the behavioural features of such a person.

Statue to Azerbaijani people’s national leader Heydar Aliyev, graveside monument to eminent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva, and “Elegy” dedicated to her memory are Omar Eldarov’s famous works.

The geography of his creativity is not confined to the boundaries of Azerbaijan. Omar Eldarov is the author of the monument in Sevastopol erected to the 77th Azerbaijani division that was a participant of the attack starting from the Sapun Mount during the World War 2. Works by the sculptor have been erected in a number of other countries.

He is not only an author of monumental works. He has also created a number of easel sculpture samples.