Azerbaijan Pavilion
Biennale Arte 2024
Curators
LUCA BEATRICE
...The exhibition has an intriguing title, a compendium of the titles of the works presented by the three artists – From Caspian To Pink Planet: I Am Here...
Luca Beatrice, Art critic, curator, journalist, and lecturer at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti and IED – Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin, IULM – Libera Università di lingue e comunicazione in Milan. He curated the Italy Pavilion at the la Biennale di Venezia in 2009. He has published several essays on contemporary art, the most recent Le vite. Racconto provinciale dell’arte italiana (Marsilio, 2023). He is President of the Quadriennale di Roma.
AMINA MELIKOVA
...Regardless of where a person happens to be – from the actual, harsh, everyday life in the oil fields of the Caspian Sea to the illusory, childlike and idealized Pink Planet, they always have the right to declare, I Am Here!
Amina Melikova, Curator, PhD in Art Studies,
Honoured Culture Worker of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
Director of the Department of Exhibitions and Events, Heydar Aliyev Center.
Art curator of exhibitions of modern and traditional arts, and specialist with over 25 years of experience in the museum sector, founder of several national brands in the creative industries, board member of the ICOM National Committee of Azerbaijan, member of the Artists’ Union of Azerbaijan since 2011.
Author of several books and scientific publications, including: Oil and Art (2013); The Art of the Kelaghayi (2018); The Shirvanshahs’ Heritage in the World’s Museums (2018), Gurama (The Art of Patchwork), 2022; Dmitriy Yermakov. Journey to the Land of Fires (2024) etc.