The opening ceremony of an art exhibition entitled The Melody of the Turkmen Soul consisting of paintings from the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan took place at the State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow. It is the first opportunity to visit a large-scale retrospective exhibition of Turkmen fine art that the capital of the Russian Federation has got in many years.
This event is an illustrative example of an intense cultural dialogue between the two countries. The State Museum of Oriental Art arranged an exhibition of the works by the great artists and enlighteners Nicholay and Svetoslav Roerich in Ashgabat a year ago. The opening of the Turkmen art exhibition in Moscow added a new bright page to the chronicle of cooperation between the two major museums.
In his opening remarks General Director of the State Museum of Oriental Art Aleksander Sedov warmly thanked his counterparts from the State Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan for preparing the multifaceted exhibition, noting that Moscow had seen nothing of this kind for nearly four decades. The guests at the opening ceremony, including art lovers and representatives of Turkmen diaspora from the capital city of Russia and Turkmen young people, who study at higher educational institutions in Moscow, received colourfully illustrated catalogues of photographic reproductions and critical commentaries to all the works presented at the exhibition as a gift.
The organizers of the art exhibition brought 60 works of 59 authors to Moscow, aiming to provide the most complete picture of Turkmen painting in the late 20th century and the early 21st century. Most of the works are the diamonds of fine art which can adorn any collection of paintings in the world.
In general, the collection of picturesque canvases, showing the diversity of author’s styles and artistic techniques, presents the bright and multifaceted panorama of life of Turkmenistan and the multifarious cultural and spiritual development of the Turkmen society that builds on the deep historical roots of national traditions to a sophisticated audience in Moscow.
This event is an illustrative example of an intense cultural dialogue between the two countries. The State Museum of Oriental Art arranged an exhibition of the works by the great artists and enlighteners Nicholay and Svetoslav Roerich in Ashgabat a year ago. The opening of the Turkmen art exhibition in Moscow added a new bright page to the chronicle of cooperation between the two major museums.
In his opening remarks General Director of the State Museum of Oriental Art Aleksander Sedov warmly thanked his counterparts from the State Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan for preparing the multifaceted exhibition, noting that Moscow had seen nothing of this kind for nearly four decades. The guests at the opening ceremony, including art lovers and representatives of Turkmen diaspora from the capital city of Russia and Turkmen young people, who study at higher educational institutions in Moscow, received colourfully illustrated catalogues of photographic reproductions and critical commentaries to all the works presented at the exhibition as a gift.
The organizers of the art exhibition brought 60 works of 59 authors to Moscow, aiming to provide the most complete picture of Turkmen painting in the late 20th century and the early 21st century. Most of the works are the diamonds of fine art which can adorn any collection of paintings in the world.
In general, the collection of picturesque canvases, showing the diversity of author’s styles and artistic techniques, presents the bright and multifaceted panorama of life of Turkmenistan and the multifarious cultural and spiritual development of the Turkmen society that builds on the deep historical roots of national traditions to a sophisticated audience in Moscow.
