The Desert Is Not Silent, an exhibition of ancient and contemporary Libyan art, was opened in Moscow on Monday by the son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who heads the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF), brought to Russian capital a sophisticated mix of archeological artifacts from several Libyan museums and contemporary masterpieces by the modern artists including Saif al-Islam himself.
"Welcome to the desert, since the exhibition came from the desert that never keeps silent," al-Islam said. "You can see here all the colors of the Libyan desert."
Gaddafi focuses on such opposing images as peaceful landscapes of the Libyan desert and the Islamic intifada. His art ranges from Arabian horses and tigers to portraits of his father.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was born in 1972 in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. In 1994, he graduated from Tripoli's Al Fateh University and later gained an MBA from Vienna's IMADEC University and PhD from London School of Economics.
He is an architect with his own firm in Tripoli.
MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti)
