04.07.2018 Exhibition "Astana is the heart of Eurasia"

This year our country celebrates the 20th anniversary of the founding of the capital of Kazakhstan - Astana. Astana is the youngest capital of the world, which has a rich history and is the heart of our Motherland, a symbol of Independent Kazakhstan. In 2012, by the decision of the international organization TURKSOY Astana was called as the cultural capital of the Turkic world.

On 4 July, 2018 at 12.00 Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan opens the exhibition "Astana is the heart of Eurasia" representing works of Kazakhstani artists and sculptors, as well as students of children's creative development centers and art studios.    

The exhibition surprises with the variety of the presented works. It demonstrates all kinds of fine arts - academic works on drawing, painting, creative compositions performed in various genres and techniques, as well as a large collection of Kazakh folk and modern handicrafts, arts and crafts, sculpture. Our capital is comprehended and depicted by each of the artists in its own way. This is a city in which not only generalized facades of houses, architectural sights, but also a metropolis, boiling with life and signs of today. Zhumadilkhan Kerimbek, Turbai Muratbek, Sharapova Elena, Amantaeva Ardak, Esil Kazbekova, Bakhytzhan Dosimov and others presented their works. They complemented the exhibition of sculptors M. Zhunisbaev, S. Bituganov, D. Dosmagambetov and others.

The exposition shows the works of 20 masters and 50 pupils of various children's creative centers and art studios, giving an opportunity to see the "bridge" of succession of generations in art.

The exhibition will take place in an unusual format that distinguishes it from all previous ones. This exhibition presents works of professional artists, sculptors and young talents from the children's creative development centers, reflecting various aspects and subjects related to the history of our capital in the past, its prosperity in the present and future. This is the author's work of students of art schools and art studios, demonstrating creative ideas of young artists, made in various techniques and genres (painting, watercolors, arts and crafts, etc.). The art studios presented their art works: "Art workshop of Lydia Drozdova", "Masterpiece", "Merry Chamomile", "Da Vinci", etc. in their works boys and girls tried to express imagination about Astana. Someone takes as a basis stories about the famous sights of the capital (Baiterek - the tree of life, Khan Shatyr, Astana Circus, etc.), others were guided by their rich imagination, and still others - embodied on the canvas their personal impressions. The exhibition helps to draw the attention of young talents to the endless depths of history and the diversity of the image of our capital Astana, to adopt the skill of the older generation, to direct their creative abilities and to encourage interest in constant creative self-improvement, and also opens up different facets of artistic creation of children, stimulates them to perform meaningful and quality work.

An interesting program for children consisting of congratulations, a concert program, master classes and excursions to the first and second halls has been prepared.

At the exhibition more than 200 works of various genres of fine and applied art are exhibited.

The exhibition will last until 31 July, 2018.