The DBAF team believes that the artist’s oeuvre is like a family. In this spirit, family and friends have donated the works of DB to the Foundation in order to keep the collection together. If you have seen Bayramov’s work in an institution that is absent from the aforementioned list or our institutional holdings, contact us at info@durdybayramov.org.
RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION
We are currently doing research to identify all the institutional holdings of Bayramov’s work
Institutional Holdings
To date, we have discovered that the following institutions confirmed their acquisition and holding of the artist’s work in their collection:
PAINTINGS, HISTORY AND CORRELATIONS
DBAF’s Collections Manager and Researcher, Begench Bayramov, has discovered many correlations between works in the DBAF collection
Bajy Dayza
The initial drawing, created in 1981, was produced in Kara-Kala while the oil on linen painting have no location of production. Begench believes that Bajy Dayza met Bayramov in his orphanage in Serdar
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Holland
While doing research regarding Bayramov’s sketch of Holland. Begench discovered that good friend of Bayramov’s and artist Mursal Nadjafov created a sketch of the same area
Beloved Muse
Another photograph with a correlation to a work of art is with Bayramov’s beloved muse and wife seated in front of a piano
Tiger Lilies
Two mixed media works featuring bold orange tiger lilies were created during the month of July in 2004, which, according to handful of Bayramov’s works on paper, was the time in which he was on vacation in Thailand
Village Elders
While working on Bayramov’s inaugural photography exhibition in May 2015, Begench discovered a familiar face in the crowd who was featured in his grandfather’s series of photographic portraits of village elders
