APOLLOMAGAZINE.COM – ART AND AZERBAIJAN: INTERVIEW WITH AIDA MAHMUDOVA
22 Apr 14
Interview with Aida Mahmudova by Grace banks / Apollo Magazine.
Aida Mahmudova doesn’t mention her art much. Despite working as a prominent artist in Azerbaijan, it’s clear that YARAT, the not-for-profit organisation which she founded in 2011, holds a resonance that transcends her own creativity. On the eve of YARAT’s ‘Love Me, Love Me Not: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its Neighbours’ (at the Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, until 25 May), I spoke with the artist, curator and entrepreneur about the complexities of Azerbaijan’s emerging art scene.
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Aida Mahmudova doesn’t mention her art much. Despite working as a prominent artist in Azerbaijan, it’s clear that YARAT, the not-for-profit organisation which she founded in 2011, holds a resonance that transcends her own creativity. On the eve of YARAT’s ‘Love Me, Love Me Not: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its Neighbours’ (at the Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, until 25 May), I spoke with the artist, curator and entrepreneur about the complexities of Azerbaijan’s emerging art scene.
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