Azat Minnekaev’s Paintings: Poetic and Authentic Visions of the Arctic
A. Minnekaev, Island. Canvas, acrylic, 1993. Private collection, Russia. Azat Minnekaev has created a large number of paintings dedicated to the Far North. Looking at his canvases feels like standing before an open window into a world both familiar and mysterious. The Arctic landscapes are rendered so faithfully that many who have visited the high…