Today, the White Hall of Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature hosted an exhibition "GamEl: Carpet Motifs in Works of Gama Malikova", organized by exhibition department of the library and the Azerbaijani Cultural Center in cooperation with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in the framework of multi-year program "Artist and Library. "
Gama Malikova is Azerbaijani painter. She was born in Baku in 1972, started her career in 2005. Right now she is famous not only in her homeland, she also participates in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her works are successfully exhibited in Baku, Moscow, Paris and many other cities.
In addition to paintings, the exhibition presents silk and wool scarves, as well as some of her other works. Exhibits are created Gama Malikova's brand - GamEl, which is known in Azerbaijan for more than ten years.
The exhibition will run until December 18.
In an interview with the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza director of the Azerbaijani Cultural Center Nina Mustafayeva noted that the exhibition completes a huge series of events, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the center "Today we celebrate a great moment - five years of work within the walls of the Library for Foreign Literature," she added.
At the same time, Nina Mustafaeva drew attention to the fact that working principles of the Azerbaijani Cultural Center and Gama Malikova are somewhat similar, and that is why her exhibition completes this series of events.
According to Gama Malikova herself, the exhibition shows works associated only with carpet ornaments. "Carpets have so many different ornaments. I came up with the idea that you can take individual fragments from different carpet schools and put them in the squares, using still life, for example.I liked this series and I decided to develop it further. As a result I got a very colorful mix of European still life and Eastern ornament, which I used for scarves and other things," she said.
She also spoke about the significance of carpets for the Azerbaijani culture. "A person who was born in Azerbaijan begins to walk on the carpet since early childhood. That is why there is a carpet in every house in Azerbaijan. It represents warmth and comfort. All of its ornaments bring happiness, well-being and prosperity to the house," she explained.
Her husband, opera singer Elchin Azizov, said that they were enthusiastic about the idea of organization of another exhibition in Moscow. "The first exhibition was held in the Russian capital more than two years ago, and it was a huge success. And now, with the support of 'Baku' magazine, the Azerbaijani Cultural Center and the Library for Foreign Literature we can once again show the works of Gama Malikova," he said.
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu emphasized the fact that lately Moscow hosts a lot of events related to Azerbaijan. "A few days ago the Tretyakov Gallery hosted the opening of a wonderful exhibition, dedicated to artists Absheron. Our first lady visited it. An exhibition of the artist Maya Badalbeyli recently ended in this library, and today an Gama's exhibition opens," he noted.
"I would like to thank Russian branch of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation for assistance in the organization of this event and congratulate young artist with such success," he concluded.
