The mega-painting of Lekim Ibragimov “One Thousand Angels and One Painting” will be presented to the public during at Merchant Yard (Gostiny Dvor) in Moscow.

The artist describes his painting as “visual epic”, an ancient song that will sound over the cities where the exhibition will take place. Together with a philosophical and lyrical meaning, the project has an important social mission of uniting the East and the West to bring peace, joy and hope to the people.

The famous fairy tales Arabian Nights served as an urge to start such a grandiose art project.

The implementation of the idea can indeed be described as unique and hitherto unparalleled in contemporary art. In this regard, the project organizers have made an application to the Guinness Book of Records.

The height of the painting is 8 meters and its length makes up 66 meters. Its area is 528 square meters. The weight of canvas and structure is 22 tonnes. There are 2.4 miles of steel cables in the structure. It requires four days to construct and installation of 1,000 parts of the mega-painting.

The painting is exhibited globally in the cities which are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage. Large squares were selected as exhibition space to make the accessibility to such a giant unit easy to everyone.

The first city in Europe to receive this wonderful mega-painting was Prague. It was exhibited in July 2012 in the exposition centre Incheba Praha. The project was supported by the Mayor of Prague.

The author of the painting decided to donate part of the project sponsorship fund to charity to help children with disabilities who live in cities where the exhibition of this painting takes place.

After the exhibition in Russia the project organizers plan to exhibit the mega-painting in China.