Talgat Masalimov "Origins. The Art of Felt" Automatic translate

September 25, 2019 at 17.00 in the Gallery of Modern Art of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Karl Marx St., 57) the opening of the exhibition “Sources. The art of felt ”by Talgat Masalimov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Painter, graphic artist, artist of decorative and applied art, teacher Talgat Khasanovich Masalimov was born in 1958 in one of the most beautiful villages of the Miyakinsky district of Bashkortostan - Shatmantamak, which is famous for its amazingly rich history. Throughout his career, Shatmantamak became the most expensive topic of the artist. “The sources of my work are childhood impressions, memories… The main theme, as I like to repeat, was found in the chest of my grandmother, as soon as I was allowed to go to this holy of holies. Folk items, national costume, embroidery and weaving, right from the chest, “poured” onto my canvases and graphic sheets. This inexhaustible source still nourishes my inspiration, excites my imagination, bringing joy from contact with genuine, historical and very native material. Felt occupies a special place in this row, if not the main thing ”(Talgat Masalimov).

The artist’s creativity is classified as an ethnic avant-garde - a direction that arose in the national republics of the Volga region, Estonia and Finland at the turn of the 1980s - 1990s and expressed in a synthesis of ancient, archaic imagery and modern visual language. Today it is a powerful and vibrant phenomenon in the fine and decorative arts of Bashkortostan. Talgat Masalimov owns one of the most worthy places in it.

The exhibition runs through October 31, 2019.

Masalimov Talgat Hasanovich

Dean of the Faculty of Graphic Arts, Bashkir State Pedagogical University named after M Akmullah, professor. The author of more than 26 scientific and educational publications.

Honored Artist of Bashkortostan (2012)

Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (Russia) since 1991

Member of the Union of Designers of Russia since 2002

Winner of the Grand Prix of the First Open Republican Festival of Contemporary Art Felt "Tamga" (2009. Ufa)

Twice diploma-winner and prize-winner of the International Symposium “The Art of Felt in the Turkic World: History and Present” (2009. Kazan)

Winner of the Gold Medal “Spirituality. Traditions. Mastery "Union of Artists of Russia (2013. Moscow)

Winner of the Silver Badge “For a great contribution to the preservation and development of folk arts and crafts in the Republic of Bashkortostan (2013. Ufa)

Laureate of the All-Russian Exhibition-Competition "Decorative and Applied Art in the Modern World" in the "Profi" category (2013. Cheboksary)

Laureate of the 1st degree of the 2nd Eurasian competition of high fashion of the national costume “Ethno-Erato” in the nomination “Best Oriental Costume” as part of the team of authors of the project “Costumes for the epic“ Ural-Batyr ”(2014. Moscow)

Head of the Center for Art Felt at Bashkir State University with a planned teaching process. An active and consistent advocate of traditional felting techniques. One of the initiators, authors and curators of the special Republican program, within the framework of which the annual workshops are held in Ufa and in the village of Burangul, Abzelilovsky district of Bashkortostan, the historical center of national felting.