The anniversary exhibition of the national artist of Russia Gamzat Gazimagomedov Automatic translate

From October 6, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art will host a personal exhibition of the national artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Dagestan - Gamzat Gazimagomedov. The exhibition is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the author.

The exhibition will feature about 50 works by the artist, made using the Untsukul woodcut technique. The exhibition will include various large decorative vases and panels, canes; household items such as jugs, flour measurements, mortars, cutlery suppliers.

Gazimagomedov G.G. Jug 1989

Gazimagomedov G.G. Measure “Kali” 1986-1992

Gazimagomedov G.G. Cutlery supplier 1989

About the artist:

Gamzat Gazimagomedovich Gazimagomedov belongs to the dynasty of renowned master artists from the village of Untsukul in the Republic of Dagestan. Member of numerous international and national exhibitions, in which the artist has repeatedly won gold medals and prestigious diplomas. The author of more than two hundred unique works of decorative art, many of which are in museums in Russia and Dagestan, as well as in private domestic collections and abroad.

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan, member of the Union of Artists of Russia; Candidate of Philosophy, author of several monographs on the decorative arts of Dagestan.

About fishing:

In Dagestan, among other republics of the North Caucasus, the traditions of artistic processing of wood were especially developed. The Avar alpine village of Untsukul in the Republic of Dagestan is the birthplace and center of the unique craft of inlay and wood notching. Untsukulsky notch combines various types of arts and crafts - wood carving and jewelry. Hardwood products - dogwood, apricot - were decorated with a notch of metal (silver, cupronickel, copper) and were often inlaid with bone, horn or turquoise. The Untsukul ornament is based on stable compositional elements, in combination of which lies its unusual variety.

The origins of the fishery go back to the 17th – 18th centuries, and the formation time dates back to the second half of the 19th century and is associated with the end of the Crimean War. Since the end of the XIX century, the works of Untsukul masters, presented at world exhibitions in Paris and New York, have received international recognition. The assortment of products made at the beginning of the 20th century in Untsukul was diverse: from canes and whips to pipes and cigarette cases. They were decorated with geometric and floral ornaments that covered the entire surface of the product. In subsequent years, the main range of crafts is made up of traditional Avar household items (garlic mortars, flour measurements, cutlery suppliers), as well as modern ones (table sets, sugar bowls, jugs), as well as decorative vases and panels.