Elysium - ADA YU
«I believe an artist is a technician of a spirit. And therefore art is the specific language capable of transmitting the spirit. I believe an artist is like a prism that intakes the white light and releases a spectrum of colors».
Artist talk: Meruert Kunakova
«My work is reminiscent of a patchwork quilt, which is associated with the Soviet projects to redirect water channels for irrigation purposes, and the redrawing of identity»
Artist talk: Alua
Inspired by the Arte Povera movement which challenged the concepts of value and industrialization, “abstract value” analyzes the commodification of nature and its resources from the real abstraction theory perspective.
Artist talk: Nurbol Nurakhmet
«Exploring the theme of the Anthropocene, in my work I consider man’s invasion of Nature. A man leaves his mark on Nature, and this trace signifies absence»