The exhibition Gasyrlar Orimi review

The exhibition Gasyrlar Orimi, which means a conversation about the past and present, is presented by the works of three artists: Polina Krutova, Ayana Askarbaeva and Aidana Satybaldy, demonstrating painting, ceramics and fashion design. The works are collected in an intimate and touching exhibition, filled with female images, myths and personal memories of the authors. The artists propose to reflect on what connects modern man with his ancestors, as well as on the symbols and images that personify this connection.
The exhibition is presented in a bright gallery, where the light coming through a large window gives the textures an additional warm shade and immerses you in memories of the closest women - mother, grandmother, sister.
Opposite the door are vintage designer shirts by artist Aidana Satybaldy, each with a unique design symbolizing something important to her. Nearby stands Ayana Askarbaeva’s fragile, smooth, and “living” ceramics, including a ceramic nomad bag, inspired by the artist’s mother’s story of how her grandfather taught her to weave tassels, as well as toys from her childhood and colorful vases from fairy tales.
Along the wall there is a painting by Polina Krutova, immersing viewers in the subtle world of Turkic and Slavic myths. Polina depicts the faces of modern women in the images of characters from ancient legends, thereby connecting women of all generations and demonstrating their greatness and strength. Here, the proud and original Goddess Umai in the guise of a snow-white gray deer, brings light between her antlers into the cold winter world of the steppe. The subtle, understandable facial features of a modern woman are harmoniously integrated into the mythological, illusory world. And here is the beautiful Bayan, as a symbol of every girl’s great love. The artist talks to us about her contemporaries, using the understandable language of myths and fairy tales. This is a search for inner support and invisible connections between women of different generations and cultures.
The Gasyrlar Orimi exhibition touches on such important and relevant topics as the influence of the cultural code on modern man, the search for one’s own identity and the role of modern women in society. The artists managed to subjugate the space and transform it into a platform for dialogue and reflection, where the viewer could, immersed in the past, think about the present.

Larisa Karchevskaya art critic, curator