NN Gallery proudly presents a
group exhibition of six painters from Uzbekisthan entitled"
from Tashkent to Kuala Lumpur". The artists participating in
this exhibition are Rahim Akmedov, Rahmon Shodiev, Akmal Nur,
Zafar Zafarov, Usmanov Djamol and A. Faizulla.
Working predominantly in oils, the works range from the
traditional rendition of still-lifes and portraiture and landscape
paintings, to surrealist portrayal of the land as well as more
avant-garde and contemporary expressions.
Uzbekisthan, now an independent state of Russia, remains loyal to
her art heritage and traditions. Rooted in lavish court art
decorate and folk arts and a previous centre for modem art
movement at the turn of last century, these artists have continued
to exemplify rich Russian sensibilities, of strict colour codes
technigue. These six artists together portray artistic expressions
concerning religion, social behaviour and their new environment.
Rahim Akmedov, recognized as a master at the Academia of
Fine Arts, Tashkent shows a strong affiliation to the Beaux-Arts.
His works show a command for the traditional, using portraitures
and still-lifes of flowers and fruits to indicate beauty and daily
life. The canvasses are stained with rich and vibrant colours
possessing and intimate and personal expression of the artist.
Rahmon Shodiev uses a more fauvist style in his portrayals
of the people and her land. Working in oils, his canvasses are
soaked in rich colourful splendor. His landscapes capture a time
of day when all is quite and peaceful, in turn he adopts a
kaleidoscopic view of nature.
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Akmal Nur takes a more
spiritual look at art. Using predominantly white as his colour, he
explores the solitary aspect of life, art and religion. His works
are contemplative, as they are thought provoking. Images of women
playing music to a bird, couples playing music to each other shows
the romantic nature of his works. His works are a personal
statement on love and life.
Usmanov Djamol is a surrealist. There is indeed a dual
aspect on perspective in all of his paintings, so what may be a
landscape may unfold into a figure. This "puzzle" aspect
of his art shows concerns to ideas of tangibility, between man and
his world. Using fresh tones of different hues of green and blues,
the works express challenging and clear imagery of the artist's
psyche.
Zafar Zafarov is a pupil of Rahim Akbmedov. He
continues to follow suit of his master. Expressing views on the
land and the people in soft pastel hues, he adopts new concerns
for a modern Russian identity. In "Han Raya Aidil Fitri"
he portrays a group of women in an enchanted summer garden,
dressed in white, the women are seen as pure as they are sensual.
A.Faizulla is a romantic painter. Using images of ancient
cultures, traditions and regalia, he paints images of ancient
Uzbekistan. His colours follow the mood of his images, that of
subdued elegance. His works are also nariatures on his culture
where his muses are embellished with adomment that are inherent as
they are exotic to Uzbekistan.
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