The Al-Hayat gallery based in Republic of Kyrgyzstan hosted international artists at their art residency in Kadji Sai near the beautiful Issuk Khul Lake from 20 June until 05 July. The participants included Kyrgyz and Yakut national artists along with other artists from Russia,Tajikistan, Buryat, and Mongolia. The residency allowed artists to interact and communicate with each other and also to get engaged in Kyrgyz nature, culture and reflect their feelings through their work of arts.
Six Mongolian artists including Kh.Sodnomtseren, B.Baasansuren, D.Bulgantuya, M.Gan-Ochir, B.Munkhbaatar and B.Myagmarlkham successfully attended this event with support from the Karavan art gallery, recently opened in Ulaanbaatar, north of the Zanabazar fine art museum.
Damir Akmanov, owner of Al-Hayat gallery and art residency mentioned in his interview, "since we organized the art residency, we dreamed to have Mongolian artists and to learn more about their works and worlds. I am happy to have Mongolian artists, especially young painters who have their own particular strong style.” He also mentioned that Mongolian artists and their view of the world is also very interesting with a unique sense of interaction in their works. It was particularly interesting as an exchange with the Kyrgyzstan, where a similar culture and nomadic heritage is shared widely. Artists also grasped opportunities to meet with non profit organizations such as B’Art in Bishkek that promotes contemporary artists. The head of NGO, A. Shaarbek introduced their current works and future project ideas.
This event was also unique since it was one of the largest collaborative art exchange programmes between Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia in recent years. Mongolian artists mentioned that there are lots of similarities among our cultures especially in the nomadic heritage and language similarities. For instance, a similar vocabulary is found in terms of describing the nature such as lakes and mountains. They also mentioned that the during this social and economic transition time, Kyrgyz people are keen to keep their identity and cultural heritage.
Three out of six Mongolian artists are currently working at Mongolian art and architecture universities and they took advantage of the opportunity to learn more about art education and relevant programmes. They had a chance to visit Kyrgyz state university of construction, transportation and architecture and met with professors to see more about their strong craftsmen skills with various materials including ceramic and work of mosaics. The artists also met with Akmataliyev Abdyldajan Amanturovich, vice president of the National academy of Sciences. They discussed their interest in exchanging information and scientific information about best known figure in Kyrgyzstan’s literature Chinghiz Aitmatov that published in Mongolian.
Painting Exhibition of the Mongolian six artists named "Nomads: A Mongolian version of Kyrgyzstan" to be opened at 06PM (August 10) at Karavan Arts and Green Zone cafe, just 30 meters north of Zanabazar museum.
In addition, the exhibition is to be followed by a screening of "Dessert of Forbidden Art" documentary film at the Green Zone Cafe.
The Al-Hayat gallery based in Republic of Kyrgyzstan hosted international artists at their art residency in Kadji Sai near the beautiful Issuk Khul Lake from 20 June until 05 July. The participants included Kyrgyz and Yakut national artists along with other artists from Russia,Tajikistan, Buryat, and Mongolia. The residency allowed artists to interact and communicate with each other and also to get engaged in Kyrgyz nature, culture and reflect their feelings through their work of arts.
Six Mongolian artists including Kh.Sodnomtseren, B.Baasansuren, D.Bulgantuya, M.Gan-Ochir, B.Munkhbaatar and B.Myagmarlkham successfully attended this event with support from the Karavan art gallery, recently opened in Ulaanbaatar, north of the Zanabazar fine art museum.
Damir Akmanov, owner of Al-Hayat gallery and art residency mentioned in his interview, "since we organized the art residency, we dreamed to have Mongolian artists and to learn more about their works and worlds. I am happy to have Mongolian artists, especially young painters who have their own particular strong style.” He also mentioned that Mongolian artists and their view of the world is also very interesting with a unique sense of interaction in their works. It was particularly interesting as an exchange with the Kyrgyzstan, where a similar culture and nomadic heritage is shared widely. Artists also grasped opportunities to meet with non profit organizations such as B’Art in Bishkek that promotes contemporary artists. The head of NGO, A. Shaarbek introduced their current works and future project ideas.
This event was also unique since it was one of the largest collaborative art exchange programmes between Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia in recent years. Mongolian artists mentioned that there are lots of similarities among our cultures especially in the nomadic heritage and language similarities. For instance, a similar vocabulary is found in terms of describing the nature such as lakes and mountains. They also mentioned that the during this social and economic transition time, Kyrgyz people are keen to keep their identity and cultural heritage.
Three out of six Mongolian artists are currently working at Mongolian art and architecture universities and they took advantage of the opportunity to learn more about art education and relevant programmes. They had a chance to visit Kyrgyz state university of construction, transportation and architecture and met with professors to see more about their strong craftsmen skills with various materials including ceramic and work of mosaics. The artists also met with Akmataliyev Abdyldajan Amanturovich, vice president of the National academy of Sciences. They discussed their interest in exchanging information and scientific information about best known figure in Kyrgyzstan’s literature Chinghiz Aitmatov that published in Mongolian.
Painting Exhibition of the Mongolian six artists named "Nomads: A Mongolian version of Kyrgyzstan" to be opened at 06PM (August 10) at Karavan Arts and Green Zone cafe, just 30 meters north of Zanabazar museum.
In addition, the exhibition is to be followed by a screening of "Dessert of Forbidden Art" documentary film at the Green Zone Cafe.
