Azerbaijani Carpets Displayed In Mountain Jewish History Exhibit

“Using old postcards and photographs, Meir studied faces, characters, fabrics and textures of clothing of Mountain Jews from books, customs, crafts and history,” they added. “He collected all of this knowledge as well as his own childhood memories, stories of relatives in a series of paintings dedicated to his native people. At the same time, he collected the parables of the Mountain Jews into a book and called it ‘A Slip of Wisdom.’ The book became a kind of semantic addition to a series of paintings by Mountain Jews.”   

According to Azerbaijan’s Tourism Office, “Four of his works were carefully chosen for the exhibition in Tel Aviv—three made into handmade carpets along with one of his original paintings. The chosen artworks reflect different aspects of Jewish life in Azerbaijan, symbols and elements in a cheerful and colorful way.”   

At the event itself, Talibzadeh proclaimed: “We hope that by being impressed by the carpets displayed here, you will be eager to visit Azerbaijan.” She noted that together with Meir’s work, Azerbaijan’s Tourism Office also displayed carpets by Azerxalca, “Azerbaijan’s largest state carpet manufacturing company, who brought here unique carpets that you can touch.”

“I want to show you the history of Caucuses Jews and Azerbaijanis,” Meir declared. “Unfortunately, not too many people know where Azerbaijan is on the map.   Today, I am very happy that the history of Azerbaijan is displayed.”