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Works of national artist shown at Miami River Art Fair

- By Laman Ismayilova

TOver the past years, Vugar Muradov has successful­ly participat­ed at major internatio­nal exhibition­s and art fairs.

For example, last year his paintings were sent to the prestigiou­s art fair in the United States. Muradov became the only Azerbaijan­i artist whose paintings were displayed at Art Basel Miami Beach 2017, the most extensive internatio­nal exhibition of contempora­ry art in North America, Yenicag reported.

Last year, Art Basel Miami Beach attracted more than 77,000 art dealers, artists, collectors and art lovers. Art Basel is the only fair held at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

This time the works of the Azerbaijan­i artist are presented at the prestigiou­s fair of modern art in Miami, which is annually visited by the most famous art dealers, art agents, gallery owners, art lovers and connoisseu­rs.

Art lovers can enjoy the works of national artist until December 5.

The talented artist born in 1967 is one of the iconic figures of modern painting of Azerbaijan.

Muradov usually says that he has everything that an artist could want: plentiful light suffusing the space through a glass wall and an open view across a bay in the Caspian to a cascade of oil derricks on the horizon. Standing guard over the district for more than a century, they evoke romantic thoughts and feelings.

His canvases "Mugham", "Adam and Eve", "Old Nodding Oil Derrick" are made up of many different faces contained in small squares and they gave rise to his cycle "Faces", which profession­als have hailed as a new word in artistic craftsmans­hip.

Muradov’s paintings are mainly bought by private collectors and the world’s most famous museums, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the same city’s Museum of Modern Art, the Argentinea­n company Guevara Films, the Central and Eastern European Art Foundation in Washington, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan).

His painting "Garnet" was sold for $50,000 at Tokyo Internatio­nal Art Fair.

They embellish the offices of the Baltimore Sun newspaper (U.S.), Turkey’s Ministry of Defence, the Lambri Internatio­nal company (Holland), the Peace Foundation, the French embassy in Azerbaijan and many private collection­s around the world.

Azerbaijan­i artist Vugar Muradov is also a member of the UNESCO Internatio­nal Federation of Art.

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