This is a video recording of the talk presented by Marinika Babanazarova for the members and friends of British-Uzbek Society (UK).
Marinika Babanazarova is an art historian, Director Emeritus of the Savitsky Museum in Nukus (1984-2015), Deputy Chairman of the Community Council of the Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Culture, Chevalier of Order of Arts and Literature of France. She is the disciple and successor of Igor Savitsky (1915-1984), the famous founder and the first Director of the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in Nukus (Uzbekistan). More details can be found here: [ Ссылка ]
In her talk, Marinika Babanazarova introduces the story of Savitsky Museum – ‘one of the best art museums of the world” (according to The Guardian and The Telegraph) – and explains the reasons of its incredible popularity on the world art scene. She shares images of some famous paintings out of the 100 000 artefacts kept in the Museum’s repositories and exhibited collections, revealing some fascinating facts and insightful stories behind these artworks.
Her talk mainly focuses on the collection of paintings representing the so-called avant-garde, with special reference to its Orientalist part, or the so-called Turkestan avant-garde as it relates to the Uzbek School of Art in the 1920-1930s. It includes the works of Usto Mumin, Ural Tansykbaev, Alexander Volkov, Mikhail Kurzin and Nikolay Karakhan.
