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“Pir Dukha” (“The feast of spirit”) Exhibition
The organiser is SCCA-Almaty.
The exhibition lasts from the fifth of May till the thirtieth of June,
2001 year.
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great leader of proletariat V.I.Lenin said: It’s very hard without
books. We were all agree with this saying and made up our minds to organise
an exhibition of different books, which gladden us not only with its contents
but with its form because the feeling of “beauty” is not foreign
for us. Artists, designers and how it was not strange –writers, who
are the true readers, responsed to our offer. We are sure that it is important
to scrutinise each book. We would like every guest or participant of our
exhibition has an opportunity to have tight straight contact in communication
with a book.
So the idea about spirit’s feast was born.
That is why we open “The feast of spirit” exhibition, where sitting at the table you can enjoy reading a book in a company of adherents, masters or amateurs. You will not feel your loneliness and sham with the thought that “eating” books is not good and with the thought that nobody has done it before you because we offer you computer animation, where the process of absorbing food, not only spiritual, takes minds and paintbrushes of authors of past and present.
Our exhibition consists of four large parts. They are historical, folk creation, artist’s books and books-artist’s object.
“Historical” branch is a branch of literature, which was published by “samizdat”. The pages of magazine consist of “Foreign literature”, handmade catalogues, collection of poems. From this part you will know that the artist S.Maslov doesn’t only write articles and remembering about himself and his friends but he reads. He reads a serious literature, for example Joyce’s novel “Ulysses”, which he has gathered into two tomes and accompanied with different critical articles. Get acquaintance with a poetry of unknown poets, even being a child they wrote books decorating them with different illustrations.
“Folk
creation” branch is everything! Do you know any post-soviet house,
where dembel albums (a special kind of art, which was done by soldiers
before their demobilisation), which are not only a honey about their happy
days during the duty in the army are not kept? They are men, who like
to experiment and a vivid proof of this, for example, seven tomes of Igor
Poluyahtov, Ablikim Akmullaev’s “Ha-ha-ha” etc.
“Artist’s
books” is a branch, where books, which were written by artists and
were published by their friends-publishers, are gathered. V.I.Lenin was
the main artist, so you will enjoy reading the book, which was published
in circulation of 70000 copies. This fact is a main difference of this
exhibit‘s quality. Evidently colour, line, composition don’t
always satisfy the artist. That is why he applies to Logos. We suggest
you to read the poems of V.Komar and A.Melamid, Lidia Blinova’s poetry,
to look through the text of former Almatynian Alexander Brener, now he
is a famous Russian-Isralian-Austrian artist.
And the last branch “Book as a artist’s object”
seems us more interesting. G.Ershov: “Modern artist destroys his
imagination about the book as a “paper brick” with “polygraphical
stuffing””. There is no anyone of our exhibition’s participants,
who would not consent with this saying? Even names have high price: “Dark
paper-roll” of Lily Kalaus, “Black book” of Alexander Miroshnichenko,
“Black book of dissident” of Tahir Gabdrahmanov. 
The
book-object “Koran” of Said Atabek can give a shock and anger.
But if you look over you can remember Salman Roozhdy or you can consider
about the history of Islam in Kazakhstan. Concerning the materials, which
author uses, so it is not difficult to understand the symbol: a green
background - green is a colour of Islam; a stone is a symbol of Holly
stone Kaaba. And shock gives its place to consideration, and this is a
purport of modern art. Levsha Leskova will seem just a fellow near Vsevolod
Demidov, who has showed his version of famous “Book of changes”.
Possibly today Seva is the only, who has computer technologies, all in
all it gives a handmade object, which consists of simple nature materials
like stones, ropes, wood and beads. In spite of its unpretentious the
composition “Books of changes” expresses the gist and philosophy
of “I Ching” exactly.
Zauresh Sydykhanova
Organizers of "The feast of spirit" Exhibition are:
Director of SCCA-Almaty Valeria Ibraeva
Curator of the exhibition Zauresh Sydykanova
Designers of the exhibition are Vladislav Vasilyev and Vsevolod Demidov
Computer animation belongs to Roman Arefiev, Valeriy Kartun
The investors of the exhibition are restaurant "Favourite town" and cafe "Liana".
This exhibition was very interesting to our onlookers and for saving the exhibition and to do this collection of books-objects more accessibly, SCCA decided to present it to the art museum.
For the agreement to transmit their compositions to the museum SCCA gratitudes the artists-authors: Said Atabek, Ghans Angerer, Nickolay Gazeyev, Tahir Gabdrahmanov, Vsevolod Demidov, Gauhar Kiekbaeva, Liliya Kalaus, Sergey Maslov, Moldakul Narimbetov, Evgeniy Mahno, Andrey Miroshnichenko.
On the 17-th of October 2001 advertisers were sent to nine art museums of Republic of Kazakhstan. The advertisers were about the competition to take part in a "Presents to museums" project of SCCA and Goethe Institute.
Goethe Institut politely demonstrates a teamwork of Moldakul Narimbetov (Kazakhstan) and Ghans Angerer (German). The name of this project is "Way" 2001. Doing this they fill up the collection of "The feast of spirit" Exhibition.
Museums' claims will be taken till the 15-th of November 2001 year Every claim will be learned very attentively by SCCA's Administration. The name of museum-winner will be announced after SCCA Administration's meeting.
The transmission of modern artists' compositions to the art museums is a SCCA's "Presents to museums" project. The mission of this project is to form all conditions for joining modern art into museum funds of Kazakhstan.
By results of the first yearn exhibition "Identification. Futurological forecast" in 1998 SCCA transmitted present works to next museums:
- Karagandinian museum of painting art. Rustam Khalfin, Georgiy Tryakin-Buharov, Leyla Turganbaeva. Flying white. 1998.
- Pavlodarian region museum of painting art. Victor and Elena Vorobyoves. Mutated object of love. I'm fond of Fluk, I'm fond of fish. 1998.
In 2000 museums, which have taken one of prize places got:
The first premium took The Government Museum called by Kasteyev.
Video-TV-set, a cassette with a film "Pol Pot" of Kazakhstanian artist Erbosyn Meldebekov, easel painting (s-print, 200x200) of Hungary artist Balash Bieti, a cassette with a video-documentation of the second yearn SCCA's exhibition.
The second premium took Karagandinian museum of painting art.
Video-TV-set, a cassette with a video-project "Laboratory of new media" of young Kazakhstanian artists, a photo-project of Polish artist Tomash Kizhny "Kalima Planet" 21, a cassette with the video-documentation of the second yearn SCCA's exhibition.
The third premium took Eastern-Kazakhstanian museum of painting art.
Video-TV-set, a cassette with a video-project "Cinema "Novosibirsk" of the artists from Russia: Vyacheslav Misin, Konstantin Skotnikov, Dmitriy Bulnigin, a casette with the video-documentation of the second yearn SCCA's exhibition.
The competition for taking part in a "Presents to museums" project
The aim of the competition: Transmission of the "Book as artist's object" collection to the museum of painting art of Kazakhstan.
Tasks of the competition:
- To fill up funds of museums of painting art of Kazakhstan.
- Activisation of artistic process.
- Modernisation of expositional museum scope.
Museum, which will win in this competition is getting a formed by SCCA collection of book projects ("The feast of spirit" Exhibition; from the fourth of May till the fourth of June 2001) and installation of Moldakul Narimbetov and Ghans Angerer.
Schedule of compositions:
- "Voyager" gallery. "Past is somewhere near". Book object. 14.5x14.20
- Sergey Maslov's "Mysterious experience of enlightened aksakal". 2001. Book object. 12x8.5
- Sergey Maslov, Vsevolod Demidov. "Seasons. Erotic treaty". 2001. Book object. 12x9.5
- Sergey Maslov. "Book of pictorial art, which was forgotten". 2001. Book object. 34.5x24.5
- Said Atabek. "Igor Zaharov-Ross. Prestel". Book object. 30x24
- Said Atabek. "Red book". 1994. Oil on canvas. 72x85.
- Said Atabek. "Yellow book". 1994. Oil on canvas. 92x94
- Said Atabek. Government museum of art of Karakalpakia. 30x22.5
- Vsevolod Demidov. "Book of changes". Artistic object. 57x57x47
- Lilya Kalaus. "Dark paper-roll". Book object. 136x70
- Tahir Gabdrahmanov. "Black book of dissident". 28.5x22
- Andrey Miroshnichenko. "Black book". 22x15.5
- Evgeniy Mahno. "Notes to the president from a pilot-fighter of atomic bombs". Book object. 2001. 17.5x9
- Gauhar Kiekbaeva. "Confession of Gauhar Kiekbaeva…" 1993. 25x34.5
- Nickolay Gazeyev. Two pictures of Book-album "Four portraits of English singer Kim Wild". 52.5x32.5
- Moldakul Narimbetov, Ghans Angerer. "Way. Straight". 2001. Wood, metal, tissue. 4mx2mx2m
For taking part in this competition you must give your claims not later than the 15-th of November 2001. They must have:
- A brief contents about museum's activity in region of modern art.
- If there are any compositions of modern art in the museum's collection, point the names of authors, please.
- If there are any holidays in the museum to learn modern art (lections, seminars, classes)
- Does museum have exposition areas and opportunity to demonstrate books-objects, which were transmitted.
- The project of presentation and exhibition of local artists' books-objects, which is accompanying the transmitting of the SCCA's collection and Goethe Institute's present to museum's collection.
Learning all answers to our questions, Administration of the SCCA-Almaty with the representative of Goethe Institute will find out the museum-winner.
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