Life, death and beauty


On June 21, 2013, an exhibition on the theme of “life, death and beauty” comprised of works by famous artist of the 20th century Andy Warhol was inaugurated at the Heydar Aliyev Center, with joint support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Andy Warhol Museum. A catalogue with the same name with reproductions of the artist's works has been printed in the Azerbaijani and English languages within the framework of a joint project of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Heydar Aliyev Center.

 

Thoughts of Leyla Aliyeva, the Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, about this exhibition of a world-renowned American artist have been given on the first page of the catalogue.

 

The catalogue contains also thoughts of Director of the Andy Warhol Museum Eric Shiner and curator of the exhibition Gianni Mercurio about the exhibition.

 

The publication contains information related to Andy Warhol’s life and multilateral creativity, the essence of his symbolic images, portraits, self-portraits, the theme of life, death and beauty in the author’s works, as well views of pop-art.