Trafika Europe 6 - Arabesque

A Note on the Artwork

Cover Our cover image is a handmade carpet by Faig Ahmed . Born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1982, he studied Sculpture at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art, and works in several visual media. Lately he has been creating original carpets, sculptures and installations by playing artistically with traditional Azerbaijani rug designs. He has exhibited his works at the Venice Biennale, in the Victoria and Albert Museum and Sotheby’s Auction House in London, at the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow, and at many other galleries and venues in Paris, Dresden, Dubai, Baku, Boston, New

York, Hong Kong, and in the Netherlands. He lives and works in Baku. “Oiling” is a handmade woolen carpet, 100cm x 150cm, made in 2012. For more information on Faig Ahmed and his work, visit his website here.

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