Nonconformist Art from Soviet Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Exhibition in Zimmerli Art museum

[Robert Chandler]

The Nukus museum has a wonderful collection - so this should be well worth
travelling to!

Best Wishes,

Robert




> The Colors of the Steppe: Nonconformist Art from Soviet Kazakhstan and
> Uzbekistan
> 
> Opening ReceptiOn
> Wednesday, July 75:30 tO 8:00pm
> The neighboring central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan share a
> physical geography defined by the flat grasslands known as the steppe, as
> well as Islamic traditions of the arts and architecture featuring the
> decorative 
> use of vivid color. When Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were part of the Soviet
> Union, professional artists were required to work in the official Soviet style
> of 
> Socialist Realism which favored heroic and patriotic topics painted in a
> conservative style. The Colors of the Steppe examines the revival of
> expressive color in the underground or nonconformist art of Uzbekistan and
> Kazakhstan, in which tradition and innovation are combined to produce a
> modern, regional art.
> Organizing curator: Adrian Barr, Dodge Fellow Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers
> University
> The Colors of the Steppe is on view through October 24, 2010
> a curator-led tour will take place at 5:30pm.
> 
> Wednesday, October 13
> 6:00pm
> Film and discussiOn
> the desert of Forbidden art is a documentary about the Nukus Museum of Art,
> Uzbekistan, which houses thousands of works by Russian avant-garde and
> nonconformist artists, prohibited from display under Soviet rule. The film,
> created by Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev, will be followed by a
> discussion with Marinika Babanazarova, director of the Nukus Museum of Art.
> 
> Zimmerli Art Museum
> Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 71 Hamilton Street New
> Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1248 732.932.7237
> www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu
> 
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