The Orient of Tair Salakhov in a Musical Interior: Exhibition in M. Glinka State Museum of Musical Culture

On December 2, 2010 in M. Glinka State Museum of Musical Culture in Moscow opens an exhibition entitled The Orient of Tair Salakhov in a Musical Interior which has been organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republiс, L. Kerimov State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpets, Folk and Applied Arts, the Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic in the Russian Federation.

Tair Salakhov is a world renowned painter, a prominent public figure, a teacher who brought up a whole galaxy of artists known in Russia, Azerbaijan and many other countries. He is a holder of numerous honors and awards including the Hero of Socialist Labor, People’s Artist of the USSR, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, Laureate of the USSR State Prize, two State Prizes of Azerbaijan SSR, winner of the CIS Interstate Award “Stars of the Commonwealth”, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Foreign Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Fine Arts and San Fernando Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Honorary President of the International Association of Plastic Arts (AIAP, UNESCO), a member of many other international art entities.

Tair Salakhov has been working in many genres of painting but has given his preference to portraits. Among the noted figures of culture portrayed by Tair Salakhov are musicians, composers, ballet dancers such as Dmitry Shostakovich, Kara Karaev, Fikret Amirov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Varvara Salakhova, Olga Rukavishnikova. In M. Glinka State Museum of Musical Culture the viewers will see the portraits and a number of his other compositions in an unusual presentation. The best carpet makers of Azerbaijan have interpreted them in the “carpet language”. The images luxuriously woven and framed by the ornament are perceived through the prism of the Oriental art thus combining the dynamic reality of these days with ancient traditions. Tair Salakhov’s creative work is a blend of Russian school, Azerbaijan culture and a deep comprehension of western art. The artist has been constantly searching for new forms of expression. Of major interest is his stage design for F. Amirov’s ballet “One Thousand and One Night” (choreography by A. Petrov) for the Kremlin Ballet theatre which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

The exhibition is accompanied by an audio and video material highlighting the “musicality” of the artist’s works.




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