Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
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Sender: [email protected] (Mary Carpenter)
Subject: Karakalpakstan treasures
Karakalpakstan Art Museum
Karakalpakstan - the name evokes poignant images: the crisis of
the Aral Sea, the long and rich history of the Silk Road, and the
civilizations flourishing and inhabiting this land. Amongst the
gems of the region, there lies an art museum - home of the
remarkable collection assembled by Igor Savitsy during the
1960-70's. The Savitsky Art Museum, located in Nukus, the
capital of Karakalpakstan, was founded in 1966.
Igor Savitsky (1915-1984), an artist from Moscow, came to
Karakalpakstan as a member of the Khorezm Archeological
Ethnographic Expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He spent
years studing and collecting ethnographic art of the region. His
collection of 81,500 pieces includes both ancient treasures from
Bactria and Sogdiana periods (3rd century BC) and more modern and
avant garde pieces of Uzbek and Russian artists who worked
between 1900 and the 1930's. These artists, part of the great
European revolution in modern art history, were virtually
silenced by the political pressures of the time. If it were not
for Savitsky, the works of these artists would have been
destroyed by the Soviet Communist system.
For more information you may contact:
Marinica Bobonazarova
Karakalpakstan Art Museum
Prospect Doslyk, 127
Nukus, Karkalpakstan,
742000, Uzbekistan
phone: (36122) 22456
44692
45037
e-mail: [email protected]
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