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Oil on canvas.
40 x 70 cm.

The Soviet apartment blocks, natural gas flares, and bold modern architecture of Baku seen through the heat distortion of the ‘eternal flame’ of the Ateshgah. Baku is only possible because of the resources that fed those sacred fires, yet most Azerbaijanis don’t feel they benefit from the oil and gas industry. The city is depicted as both an ancient premonition come to life and a mirage.

Original is framed, no glass.