Babi BADALOV
Artist

Babi received a grant to help him finance his exhibition in partnership with the Atelier des Artistes en Exil. 

What is your artistic background ?
I have always drawn from my personal memories, while dealing with societal issues. Everything has always been artistic material to make visual poetry (letters, words, sentences, images, objects). I have always worked from my experiences. Art for me is existential and political. 

How do you see your profession today ?
I am a true artist, I have obtained French nationality, I am no longer a refugee. I am a committed and mobilised artist. It's as if I were in a permanent war. 

How do you see yourself in 5 years ? In 10 years ?

I'm pessimistic, very pessimistic. I think there will be a war, with everything that it entails.

This interview was conducted in 2017
Photo credit: Antonin Amy-Menichetti