Azerbaijani cuisine through eyes of artists [PHOTOS]

KamART Art Gallery has opened an art exhibition “Azerbaijani
National Cuisine” by young artists, Azernews
reports.

The project drew attention to the cultural heritage and culinary
traditions of Azerbaijan and supported talented young artists.

A total of 55 art works by 26 artists were on display at the
Shah Palace Hotel. The paintings reflected the diversity of
Azerbaijani cuisine: these are meat dishes and pastries, dolma,
kebabs, dairy dishes and flour products, snacks, pickles and
sweets, syrups and preserves – interesting and colourful
compositions reflecting the cuisine of different regions.

The exhibition also featured a catalogue of works from the
exhibition, designed by Novruz Novruzov and Gulnar Safarova.

The author of the idea and curator of the project, director of
the KamART art gallery, and senior lecturer at the Azerbaijan State
University of Culture and Arts, Kamala Jafarzade, spoke about how
the idea of this project was born and the process of its
implementation, noting that the goal of the exhibition is to draw
attention to the cultural heritage and culinary traditions
Azerbaijan and support for talented young artists.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the
Azerbaijan Artists’ Union, People’s Artist, Professor Aghali
Ibrahimov, President of the National Culinary Association, Honoured
Cultural Worker Tahir Amiraslanov, Associate Professor of the
Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, Honoured Artist
Rashad Jabarov and laureate of international competitions, artist
Samir Gafarov.

All participants of the exhibition received diplomas, Tahir
Amiraslanov, Rashad Jabrayilov and Samir Gafarov were awarded
certificates of gratitude. Young artists spoke about their
compositions as well as their views on national cuisine

Recall that the exhibition was presented in Tokyo on March 16-17
with the support of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Japan and aroused
great public interest.

Media partners of the event are Azernews.Az, Trend.Az, Day.Az,
and Milli.Az.

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