The Heydar Aliyev Center will soon host another exhibition
featuring sculptures, Azernews reports.

The personal exhibition “Reclaimed Beauty” by Nigerian sculptor
Dotun Popoola is set to open at Heydar Aliyev Center on November
7.

The opening of Dotun Popoola’s 7th solo exhibition ahead of
COP29 in Baku is in tune with the exposition with COP29. Thus, if
the participants of the important international event that we will
host emphasize the importance of attention to the climate at the
meetings and conferences that are held every year, uniting the
countries of the world, sculptor Dotun Popoola also raises this
topic with his original works. The sculptor makes his works not
from traditional materials but from metal parts converted into
industrial waste.

Since 2012, the country has been holding the international
festival “From Waste to Art” with the support of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation, the purpose of which is to attract the attention of the
general public to environmental issues.

The works created mainly from household waste demonstrate the
possibility of turning even waste into a work of art. The opening
of the museum called “From Waste to Art” in the Gala State
Historical and Ethnographic Reserve in 2015 can be taken as a
result of the successful work carried out in Azerbaijan in this
field.

Through the works created from metal waste, Dotun Popoola draws
attention to the main problem for humanity – climate protection and
the importance of caring for the environment. The works created by
the author are a tribute to the human imagination, which can create
beautiful examples of art from “nothing” turned into waste.

Dotun Popoola represented Nigeria in various art exhibitions, as
well as the Metal Art Exhibition in Qatar in 2019, the Global Arts
Festival in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2020, “Be Together”
(Coexistence) in Turkiye in 2021, and other exhibitions. The
artist’s hybrid sculpture, installed at the center stage of the
Nigeria pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, also attracted the attention
of visitors.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on
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