Kazakh artists participate in international exhibition in Tashkent
Tashkent, The Gulf Observer: IV International Biennale of Applied Arts on Globalization and the Preservation of National Traditions: Path Choice kicked off in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, according to media reports.
30 artists from 12 foreign countries: Italy, France, India, Egypt, Japan, Lithuania, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are participating in the event.
“The motto of the IV International Biennale of Applied Arts – Globalization and the Preservation of National Traditions: Path Choice – as a leading idea aims at considering the problem of preserving the identity of applied arts and overcoming the accelerating unification of traditions amid rapid globalization of economy and the dominance of mass culture,” says Binafsha Nodir, the curator of the Biennale.
Kazakhstan is represented at the event by Leyla Mahat, artist and gallery owner, holder of the Order of Qurmet, with an unusual and mesmerizing project “Mother’s Scarf.” The project consists of handkerchiefs of women and their mothers from around the world. The collection already has about 400 handkerchiefs collected by the artist.
Another participant from Kazakhstan is Serzhan Bashirov – artist, master of decorative and applied arts, jeweler, and collector. The artist presented the items made from silver, copper, bronze, wooden, bone and stone at the exhibition. Each component of these items has a sacred meaning of the customs and traditions of the nomadic lifestyle of ancestors.
Contemporary Uzbek and foreign decorative art, national ceramics, gold embroidery, and jewelry will be presented as part of the international exhibition. Master-classes, presentations, and an international scientific and practical conference will be held from October 16 to 20 as part of the international biennale.
