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Done in Ai, Finalized in Photoshop
Clad in robes darker than the void, and crowned with a sigil pulsing in arcane violet light, the Arch-Warlock of the Abyss emerges from the shadows. His crimson eyes blaze with forbidden knowledge, and every talisman across his chest whispers a different curse. Behind him, violet flames twist the air like living sorcery — a veil of power shielding a master of necromancy and ancient rites.
A hyperrealistic reimagining infused with black and purple mysticism.
Inspired by an original dark fantasy portrait — this version delves deeper into the occult, the regal, and the otherworldly.
Tore installation by Marcel Berlanger, opening view, 4 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
For travellers visiting Paris between 16 April – 29 September 2013 who want to enjoy a “Big Size” and hyperrealistic exhibition www.gaytraveladvice.com recommends: Ron Mueck Exhibition
Salvador Dali - Guillaume Tell, detail father [1930]
Paris, Centre Pompidou
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Guillaume Tell (here representing the father of Salvador Dali) stands on the edge of a village fountain, a pair of scissors in his left hand, his penis hanging out of his trousers. With his right leg, he kneels on a pedestal decorated with a relief of a seductive woman (Gala Éluard) and a phallic symbol.
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Psychoanalytical kaleidoscope
The Catalan surrealist Salvador Dalí (* 11.5.1904, †23.1.1989) had already immersed himself in Sigmund Freud's writings during his studies and developed his own method of translating images of the unconscious into hyperrealistic painting. He interpreted the freedom hero William Tell as an authoritarian perpetrator figure who threatens his son. In this dream image, Dalí equates him with his father, whom he must defeat in his Oedipal fantasy in order to attain freedom. He depicts the father as a raging man with his sex exposed, pursuing the son with a pair of scissors. The latter turns away in his fear of castration. The relief of a woman, on whom the father is leaning his knee in a possessive posture, shows the married Gala Éluard, with whom Dalí lived together, much to his father's indignation: this is an attempt to expel her from paradise. At the top left, the father is playing on a grand piano on which lies a donkey carcass - a symbol from the film "An Andalusian Dog", which Dalí made with Louis Buñuel in 1929. The white stallion can be imagined as the unconscious force with which the escape from the father's power is achieved.
This was mindblowingly realistic down to sub-cutaneous veins in the feet. About 5m tall. For more info en.aros.dk/the-collection/boy/ and www.demilked.com/hyperrealistic-sculptures-ron-mueck/
Realistic etude.
Available on artstation:
www.artstation.com/artwork/YqADq
And deviantart:
herrdos.deviantart.com/art/A-book-and-a-pocket-watch-etud...
Self-explanatory really: what could be more calming and peaceful in the middle of a hectic day than watching swan glide gracefully across the lake, knowing they too are paddling like f*ck beneath the surface, only to find that the reason they are heading across so quickly is to beat the cr@p out of another beautiful bird at the other side.
But sitting there, with the breeze, the ripples, the sunshine (sometimes) and the birds is bliss ... and sadly invariably the time passes far too quickly and too soon it's time to head back to the office.
And yes, another HDR image, but again I've tried to keep it restrained and go for "realistic" instead of surrealistic or hyperrealistic.
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2010-10-25
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Tore installation by Marcel Berlanger, opening view, 4 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
Tore installation by Marcel Berlanger, opening view, 4 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
Tore installation by Marcel Berlanger, opening view, 4 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
This image was created with the "Paint daubs" artistic filter in Photoshop. Due to the simplicity of the subject- this artistic filter (adjusted to the correct scale) just snapped into place and provided (what I feel) to be a beautiful simplified and very painterly rendition of this subject. It inspires me to try to duplicate this theme with real paints on canvas - lighter graduaded lines over a contrasting graded background for a hyperrealistic yet abstract effect. .. and then I wonder maybe I already made the art... do I need to bother with paint? Is this cheating? Is this done?
40 #HyperRealistic Artworks That Are Hard to Believe Aren’t Photographs www.boredpanda.com/hyper-realistic-art/
Bernardo Torrens
Acrylique sur panneau de bois.
Courtesy Bernardo Torrens et Bernarducci.
Meisel Gallery, New York
Jung Yeon Min
www.kashyahildebrand.org/newyork/min/min002.html
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The main characteristic of my works is a kind of duality which finds many ways to express itself: abstract versus realism, ubiquity, diachronicity, microscopic and macroscopic, and so on. I’m always trying to engage in extreme or contrary dialogue. In abstract compositions, some hyperrealistic figures will make you try to find some kind of space, but you will keep wondering if you really have to see it that way, because something flat will try to empeach you. Somehow, you will feel like you are hanging between two worlds.
This may very well be a reflection of my background . Born in Korea — a divided country — I live in France, and feel like I exist between two worlds. In my daily life, I often serve as a link of sorts between members of the Korean community and other groups, and somehow, this interesting condition also reveals another side : the sense of being nowhere. That feeling has made its way into my paintings regardless of my intentions.
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I drew the 17x17x17 Over the Top Cube invented by Oskar van Daventer. Full Timelapse Video on Youtube. bit.ly/197Jln0
✰ This photo was featured on The Epic Global Showcase here: bit.ly/1MVCOyk
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Recently, I've stareted personal project called "Face It!" ( www.flickr.com/photos/recon_lister/sets/72157629907773317/ ) but very soon I've realised I want to take it to another visual level -more colors, more hyperrealistic, more lighting. So I'm starting Face it! 2.0 and I'm excited about it. (personal note: I didn't know about Martin Schoellers (awesome) Close Up series in time I started:)
Strobist info: Profoto PRO81 with silver beauty dish as a key , two Profoto PRO41 with zoom reflector as a kicker fill, silver reflector below.
Tore installation by Marcel Berlanger, opening view, 4 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
the jumper
Escultura hiperrealista a tamaño natural de un hombre a punto de zambullirse en el Guadalquivir. Apareció por sorpresa en Córdoba el pasado 13 de abril. Esta expresión espontánea y gratuita de arte urbano se atribuye a los hermanos Gamboa.
Life-size hyper-realistic sculpture of a man about to dive into the Guadalquivir. Appeared by surprise in Cordoba on 13 April. This spontaneous and free expression of urban art is attributed to the Gamboa brothers.
Tore installation by Marcel Berlanger, opening view, 4 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
Beauty,
elegant, fantasy, very attractive, beautiful, award winning, fantastic view, hyperrealistic, ultra detailed, high definition, crisp quality, Art Nouveau, Aubrey Beardsley
Ictus performance view, 07 may 2007.
Wiels (Contemporary Art Center), Brussels, Belgium.
See also an article (in french) on my blog : www.multimedialab.be/blog/?p=671
Marcel Berlanger : Tore
Whoever goes to see Marcel Berlanger's latest project will be entering a strange world of optical illusions. This Brussels-based artist is presenting an installation in which painting, light and sound resonate simultaneously within a single space: a large platform in the brand new centre for contemporary art, WIELS. Berlanger usually paints on supports he himself has designed, consisting of liquid resin and translucent fibreglass, and covered with a coat of reflective paint. Because of the fibrous structure of the supports and the hyperrealistic rendition of both geometric and human figures, his work has occasionally been described as photographic painting. In TORE, Julie Petit-Etienne's lighting design further intensifies the sweet taste of the optical illusion: a succession of short cycles of light plunges the exhibition space and the work into varying shades of colour, thereby suggesting movement. These ongoing transformations will stimulate, tickle and unsettle the viewer's perception.
Qui fait l’expérience du nouveau projet de Marcel Berlanger, pénètre dans le monde merveilleux de l’illusion optique. Le plasticien bruxellois propose une installation où la peinture, la lumière et le son résonnent dans un même espace, une immense plate-forme dans le centre d’art contemporain flambant neuf de WIELS. Berlanger confectionne lui-même ses supports. Ils sont composés de fibre de verre transparente rigidifiée à la résine liquide, qu’il recouvre de peinture reflétant la lumière. La structure fibreuse du support et la reproduction hyperréaliste font que l’on qualifie parfois ses œuvres de peintures photographiques. Dans TORE, le concept lumière de Julie Petit-Etienne intensifie les subtilités de l’illusion optique. Des cycles lumineux alternants immergent l’espace et l’œuvre dans diverses tonalités et suggèrent diverses dynamiques. Chaque métamorphose aiguillonne, titille et stimule la perception du visiteur.
Concept : Marcel Berlanger
Lighting design : Julie Petit-Etienne
Music : Cédric Dambrain
Presentation : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Coproduction : Wiels, Kunstenfestivaldesarts
© Marcel Berlanger
The Heydar Aliyev Center (Azerbaijani: Heydər Əliyev Mərkəzi) is a 57,500 m2 (619,000 sq ft) building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The main contractor, Dia Holdings, is owned by actors that are linked to Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family's network of offshore companies.
The center is named after Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003), the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003.
Design
In 2007, Zaha Hadid was appointed as the design architect of the Center after a competition. The Center houses a conference hall (auditorium), a gallery hall and a museum. The project is intended to play an integral role in the intellectual life of the city. Located close to the city center, the site plays a pivotal role in the redevelopment of Baku.
The Heydar Aliyev Center represents a fluid form which emerges by the folding of the landscape's natural topography and by the wrapping of individual functions of the Center. All functions of the Center, together with entrances, are represented by folds in a single continuous surface. This fluid form gives an opportunity to connect the various cultural spaces whilst at the same time, providing each element of the Center with its own identity and privacy. As it folds inside, the skin erodes away to become an element of the interior landscape of the Center.
The Heydar Aliyev Center had an official soft-opening ceremony on 10 May 2012 held by the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Extending on eight floor levels, the center accommodates a 1,000-seat auditorium, temporary exhibition spaces, a conference center, workshops, and a museum.
The building was nominated for awards in 2013 at both the World Architecture Festival and the biennial Inside Festival. In 2014, the Center won the Design Museum's Design of the Year Award 2014 despite concerns about the site's human rights record. This makes Hadid the first woman to win the top prize in that competition.
In popular culture
The building was featured in Extreme Engineering, a documentary television series that airs on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The episode called "Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation" was aired on 22 April 2011 as part of season 9. The building was seen on The Grand Tour episode entitled "Sea to unsalty sea," with presenter Jeremy Clarkson praising the building and Hadid. The building was also featured on the "postcard" of Samra Rahimli for the postcard of Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 and in a Google Doodle in 2017.
Interior
On 29 June 2012, the Heydar Aliyev Center held the official opening of Crans Montana Forum, attended by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov, President of Montenegro Filip Vujanović, as well as foreign public figures, MPs, intellectuals, and business circles.
On 3 July 2012, the Center held the ceremony of the official seeing-off of the Azerbaijani delegation to take part in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. The ceremony was attended by the President Republic of Azerbaijan, President of the National Olympic Committee Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva. Photo banners reflecting the Olympic movement in Azerbaijan were installed in the lobby of the Heydar Aliyev Center. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the ceremony.
After repairs following a major fire (see below), on 2 and 3 November 2013, the Moscow music theater Helikon Opera under the direction of the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman, presented performances at the Heydar Aliyev Center. On 2 November, the Helikon-Opera presented a gala concert "The Enduring Love", a program that included lyric songs by Marilyn Monroe, Tina Turner, Elton John, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, and the Beatles. On 3 November, the artists performed the opera Siberia by the Italian composer Umberto Giordano staged by Dmitry Bertmann.
Exhibitions
"Life, Death, and Beauty"
On 21 June 2013, the Center held the exhibition of works by American artist Andy Warhol titled "Life, Death, and Beauty" supervised by Gianni Mercurio, dated for the 85th anniversary of the artist. The exhibition for the first time in Azerbaijan displayed over one hundred works by the artist, including featurettes by Warhol. There were shown photos of the author, portraits of the world film, music, and fashion stars, as well as other world-renowned works, including Flowers, Camouflage, The Last Supper, Male Hands Praying, and Electric Chair. On 6 August, the artist's birthday, Baku residents and visitors could freely visit the exhibition, which ran until 9 September.
"At the turn of the century"
On 1 October 2013, the Heydar Aliyev Center held a personal exhibition of the People's Artist of Azerbaijan, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Arts Tahir Salahov, titled "At the turn of the century". The exhibition was dated for the 85th anniversary of the artist. His great contribution to the development of Azerbaijani fine art was highlighted at the exhibition opening. The artistic heritage of Salahov is an integral part of the art of not only Azerbaijan, but also the entire former Soviet Union. He is recognized as one of the founders of the "severe style" in painting. The exhibition featured over 100 works by the artist, created at different times, and his works on the carpets. Among the exhibits were the portraits of Heydar Aliyev, the composer Gara Garayev and Dmitri Shostakovich, the musician Mstislav Rostropovich, the works Aidan, Morning. Absheron, Koroglu, Absheron triptych – Ateshgah, The Caspian today, Maiden Tower, and other well-known works of the people's artist. The exhibition ran until 8 November 2013.
In 2017, the center also opened its doors to the Contemporary Turkish Art Exhibition, a collection of art pieces by various Turkish artists.
"Masterpieces of History" exhibition
On 27 May 2019, the Heydar Aliyev Center hosted the "Masterpieces of History" exhibition, which included ancient artifacts from Georgia and Azerbaijan.
The majority of artifacts belong to Gajar epoch and include ceramic and metal works, canvases, miniatures and belongings of Fatali Khan, including his portrait.
The exhibition also featured photographic collection by Dmitri Yermakov, a participant of the Russian-Ottoman War of 1877-1878.
"Hyperrealistic Sculpture. Almost Alive" exhibition
On 29 November 2018, the Almost Alive exhibition was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center. The exhibition consisted of deformed figures of extraordinary dimensions, monochrome statues, and pieces representing various body parts.
The exhibition featured works created by Daniel Firman, Duane Hanson, Tony Matelli, Mel Ramos, Mathilde ter Heijne, Robert Graham, Allen Jones, Zharko Basheski, George Segal and other artists.
"Possible Dimensions" exhibition
On 22 May 2019, Zurab Tsereteli opened an exhibition at the Heydar Aliyev Center. The exhibition was dedicated to Zurab Tsereteli's 85th anniversary. Thirty paintings and statues brought from Moscow, Tbilisi and London were displayed at the exhibition.
Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra
On 26 November 2018, Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna held a concert at the Heydar Aliyev Center. The orchestra had also appeared with concerts at the Heydar Aliyev Center back in 2014 and 2016.
"Inner Engineering: Technologies for Wellbeing" lecture by Sadguru
Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadguru, gave a lecture in the Heydar Aliyev Center on 10 November 2018. The subject constitutes a comprehensive system derived from centuries-old yoga studies aiming at profound and sustainable personal transformation.
Fire
On 20 July 2012, after a single performance, a fire started on the roof of the building at about 11:30am. It was quickly put out by firemen, and it was initially reported that the fire only damaged the roof of the building, leaving the interior only slightly damaged, mainly because of the water used by firemen to extinguish the fire. However, the damage was later reported to have had "grave consequences and material damage on a large scale." Officials concluded the fire resulted from negligence in the use of welding equipment in the roof; three Turkish contractors were subsequently charged under Azerbaijan's criminal code. After sixteen months of repairs, it was formally re-opened on 5 November 2013.
Mini Azerbaijan
The Mini Azerbaijan exhibition on the second floor features models of 24 historical and architectural buildings. Visitors can also learn about the history and architecture of buildings exhibited in both Azerbaijani and English.
Among exhibited buildings are those dated to the Middle Ages (Maiden Tower, Momine Khatun Mausoleum), 19th century (Baku Bazaar, Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall, Ismailiyya Palace), USSR era (Government House, Green Theatre), 21st century (Baku Crystal Hall, Flame Towers) as well as the buildings being constructed (Baku Olympic Stadium, State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan).
International relations
The Heydar Aliyev Center maintains close ties with a number of international agencies, peer structures abroad, museums and exhibition centers. The Center has organized events and exhibitions as a result of joint cooperation with different organization, museums and exhibitions of Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey and so on. At the same time, it has conducted a number of projects in Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Japan and others. Center has become a member of various international organizations.
The International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) The Association's major goal is to provide support to the agencies involved in the organization of events and exhibitions through resources and information, and the development of the exhibition industry. The Center enjoys the IAEE membership as of 17 September 2013.
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) The ICCA is the world s leading association in the field of organizing and accommodating international events with 90 member states at the moment. The Center became the ICCA member as of 10 October 2013.
The International Association of Convention Centers (AIPC) The Association the Center acceded as of 15 September 2014 unites professional managers of convention centers and exhibitions halls, with more than 50 member states currently represented.
The Association of Event Organizers (AEO) The association unites organizations involved in the management, operation and sales of events. Sharing best practices in security and sustainability matters, as well as technical and financial issues, constitutes the major objective of the AEO, with the Heydar Aliyev Center being a member to as of 15 December 2014.
taxidermy-style trophy. The wall-mounted plaque features the hyperrealistic head of Mr. Brainwash…and a nameplate engraved…”Banksy.”
by :Eugenio Merino
At HoMe I`m A Tourist (XVI)
Selection of toys and editions from the collection of Selim Varol.
(culture Hip-Hop , Punk, urban art, etc)
JR, Banksy, KAWS, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Shepard Fairey, Phil Frost, Blek le rat and D*Face)
Expo: Last year, Berlin hosted this exhibition entitled 'Art & Toys' and expose it in the U.S. soon.
Solarpunk utopian cute hi-tech nerdy second to none, full body, sci-fantasy, digital art, masterpiece painting, ultra detailed, ultra high definition, 8K resolution, cel shading, superior quality, cover illustration, complex design, radiant highlights, rich vibrant colours, hyperrealistic, meticulously hyper detailed, high contrast, artstation @Saralgam