BAKU ( WNAM MONITORING): The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum hosted the opening ceremony of a solo exhibition by artist Emil Aziz titled “Pattern and Silhouette.”
Speeches were delivered by Director of the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Honored Worker of Culture Amina Melikova; PhD in Art History and Professor Rabiyat Aslanova; and Member of the National Assembly, Honored Artist, and Chair of the Union of Artists of Nakhchivan Ulviyya Hamzayeva. They emphasized the importance of preserving the national carpet heritage, ensuring its continuity in contemporary art, and highlighted the role young artists play in this process. The speakers also underlined the relevance of the exhibition’s concept and content.
The exhibition features 50 works by the artist, distinguished by their thematic diversity.
The main idea of the exhibition is to present the rich cultural heritage of Garabagh through a contemporary visual language, merging the memory preserved for millennia in carpet ornaments with the aesthetic sensibilities of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Garabagh horses depicted in harmony with ancient carpet patterns, as well as portraits of women, hold a special place in the exhibition. The movement, strength, and poetic silhouette of the horse resonate with the structured rhythm of the ornaments. In other works, carpet motifs are presented as expressions of a woman’s identity, inner world, connection to the past, and forms of self-expression in the modern era.
“Pattern and Silhouette,” where tradition meets modernity, serves as an artistic manifesto demonstrating how Garabagh’s cultural treasures are both preserved and reinterpreted for the future.
The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum consistently supports young artists who create new works inspired by the nation’s rich carpet heritage. In this regard, “Pattern and Silhouette” is another noteworthy project showcasing the contemporary presentation of national heritage.
