Exhibition "Sixties. Turkic Romanticism" Automatic translate

Russian Academy of Arts and the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan named after A. Kasteev present the exhibition “Sixties. Turkic romanticism. ” The exposition deployed in the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli Gallery of Art (Moscow, Prechistenka 19) will comprise more than 50 paintings, drawings and sculptures representing the works of artists of the 1960s from the collection of the Museum (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

The second half of the 1960s for Kazakh painting was a time of searching for new ideas, designating national identity. A group of young and ambitious artists, which included Salikhitdin Aitbaev, Makum Kisamedinov, Shaimardan Sariyev, Tokbolat Togusbaev, Bakhtiyar Tabiev, Abdrashit Sydykhanov, Erkin Mergenov, Tulegen Dosmagambetov, Ustaeva Isabelim and Isgusta Isabel Isabel Isabela Isabela Isabela Isabela Isabelaba Kazakhstan. Despite the fact that many of these artists received academic education in Moscow and Leningrad, the creative aspirations of the generation of the sixties were aimed at creating an original "national" style and strengthening the national art school.

In search of an adequate visual language and style, these artists relied on the traditions of the ethnocultural heritage of nomadic tribes, which resulted in the development and interpretation of the principles of folk art, the use of decorative colors, flatness of space, monumental forms, epic images, traditions of oriental miniature. Also of great importance was their passion for monumental Mexican painting of the twentieth century.

The fundamental essence of such searches was clearly expressed in the work of Salikhitdin Aitbaev (1937-1994), whose work Happiness became one of the largest discoveries at the All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists in Moscow Manege in 1966. The idea of a national world outlook was expressed in it in a capacious and generalized manner, thanks to which this picture became a program piece for future generations. Aitbaev embodied the interpretation of nomadic culture, the desire to plastically express the features of its philosophical understanding of the world, in three works created in the second half of the 60s - “Happiness” (1966), “Young Kazakhs” (1967), “A Guest Came” (1969), which brought him fame.

His predecessor Ali Dzhusupov (1928-1976) and associates Oralbek Nurzhumaev (1938-1996), Shaimardan Sariev (1937-1988), Tokbolat Toguzbaev (1940-1996) also searched for a clear language of painting. Their works are characterized by decorative color combinations, static poses and calm faces. These artists sang the strength and energy of traditional culture, which was always relevant for them. Canvases by Bakhtiyar Tabiev (1940-1999) “Morning in Kegen”, “Bazaar” and “On the Outskirts of Muynak” demonstrate the artist’s enthusiasm for depicting traditional life. In the constant updating of the traditional, centuries-old way of life of the Kazakh people, he seeks to see and convey in his paintings the lasting value and beauty.

But the work of the romantic landscape painter Zhanatay Shardenov (1927-1992) was formed under the influence of the French impressionists, whose works he met in the museums of Leningrad during his studies. His landscapes, painted in large picturesque relief, make up one of the brightest pages of Kazakhstani art.

In the development of sculpture of this period, several directions are also observed. The appearance of compositional plastics and the diverse possibilities for the development of forms in space are well reflected in the works of Tulegen Dosmagambetov (1940-2001), Olga Prokopyeva (1940-2018) and Vagif Rakhmanov (b. 1940) who received academic art education in Moscow and Leningrad. In the 1970s, sculptor Erkin Mergenov (1940-2015) returned from the capital, who attached particular importance to the choice of model and the aesthetics of forms. And while the lyric-poetic principle prevails in Rakhmanov’s works, Mergenov strives for sharp plastic-like generalizations that reveal complex, often dramatic collisions of the development of society.

In the 60s, the original graphics of Kazakhstan were actively developing. Favorite techniques of Kazakhstani graphics - linocut, etching, lithography. Makum Kisamedinov (1939-1984), Isatay Isabaev (1936-2007) and Adil Rakhmanov (1942-1997) in their easel compositions and book illustrations actualize the images of folk heroes, real and mythical, through the expression of forms and montage of plots. Boris Pak (1935-1992), known for his energetic linocuts, creates wonderful watercolor illustrations for Andersen’s tales.

The work of artists of the sixties is considered the heyday of artistic thought in Kazakhstan. “Children thaw,” as they were then called, abandoned established canons and created their own unique language and style in art.

“The dialogue of cultures, the strengthening of cultural relations between Kazakhstan and Russia are very important for the full functioning of art, the creative growth of artists, the exchange of experience between cultural institutions, such as museums and academies. This gives a new impetus to fruitful work, mutual enrichment and understanding of the ways of further development, ”said the Director of the Museum named after Kasteeva, professor Gulmira Shalabaeva.