Lyazzat Khanim: Recycling an image
IADA continues its publication series about the next-generation art scene of Central Asia. Lyazzat Khanim is a young artist working in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Curatorial Statement: Deep currents
The works by the artists in residence criticise the fundamental causes of all visible and invisible environmental and ecological destruction, sending us back to the question of what the concept of Nature is in the minds of modern people.
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»
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