Split
April 3 – May 12, 2019, Aspan Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Solo exhibition of paintings, collages, and lithographs, including the first public showing of a key work as the triptych the artist originally intended. The works explore Kazakh national identity, history, and Eurocentric artistic canonization through fragmentation and collage. Notable series: Missionaries, Keyhole, Abay's Room, Censorship #3. Curator: Yuliya Sorokina.
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Works
Birch Grove. Kenesary, 2019, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 200.0 cm Birch Grove, 2016, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 150.0 cm × 150.0 cm Waiting Room, 2018, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 200.0 cm Abay’s Room, 2018, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 200.0 cm In Search for God, 2019, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 130.0 cm In Search for God, 2019, Oil on canvas, 180.0 cm × 200.0 cm In Search for God, 2018, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 130.0 cm Thursday, 2018, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 200.0 cm Constellations, 2018, Oil on canvas, 250.0 cm × 200.0 cm Wednesday, 2018, Oil on canvas, 200.0 cm × 200.0 cm Missionaries #2, 2016, Oil on canvas, 100.0 cm × 80.0 cm Missionaries #1, 2016, Oil on canvas, 120.0 cm × 80.0 cm Missionaries #3, 2016, Oil on canvas, 100.0 cm × 80.0 cm Corporeity, 2019, Digital collage, 30.0 cm × 40.0 cm Corporeity, 2019, Digital collage, 30.0 cm × 40.0 cm