CONTINENT OF ART
by Collective Profile
Exhibition project bringing together paintings and graphic works by 22 artists representing various cultural traditions of Eurasia. The display features works from different periods and artistic movements, including pieces by René Magritte and Albrecht Dürer.
List of Artists Presented in the Exhibition:
Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528), Germany
Hendrick Goltzius (February 1558 – January 1, 1617), Germany
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669), The Netherlands
Paul Gustave Doré (1832–1883), France
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973), Spain
René François Ghislain Magritte (1898–1967), Belgium
Ural Tansykbayev (1904–1974), Kazakhstan
Salikhitdin Aitbayev (1938–1994), Kazakhstan
Aleksey Matveyevich Stepanov (1923–1989), Kazakhstan
Nicole Karstens (1958–2001), The Netherlands
Bartosz Frączek, Poland
Murat & Cansu Okmen, Turkey
Gustavo Fernandes, Portugal
Ron Di Scenza, Italy
Lyudmila Khristeseva, Sweden
Florian Messner, Austria
Olga Oreshnikova, Israel
Zhenis Kakenuly, Kazakhstan
Hanan Milner, Israel
Natalia Karagoz, Moldova
Yuri Weiss, Russia
“The primordial does not pass away; it eternally awaits. The co-presence of forgotten antiquity and the unknown future — this is the vital nerve of the Eurasian space, its moral imperative no less categorical than that of Kant…”
Vladimir Malyavin
Eurasia and Universality. A New View on the Nature of Eurasia
© V. Malyavin, 2015
About the Artist
In some exhibition projects, this label is used to designate a group of artists presented within collective and complex exhibitions. This format is applied when a project is based on the interaction of multiple artistic practices and does not single out one central author. The precise list of participants and their individual biographies is provided in the descriptions of specific projects, particularly in exhibitions involving a large number of artists. The use of a collective designation ensures structural clarity in publications and emphasizes the concept of a group artistic statement.
Curator's Note
22 artists. 22 galaxies filled with art. 22 destinies driven by the pursuit of the ideal. Western European Renaissance and Moldovan embroidery. Turkmen beauties in the works of a Russian painter. Belgian Surrealism and Ottoman motifs. A Polish interpretation of Greek myths on the Atlantic coast of Portugal. The intense palette of a Swedish artist combined with the meditative stillness of the Middle Eastern midday. The Dutch Golden Age refracted through Viennese Fantastic Realism. Italian temperament alongside the vast expanses of the Kazakh steppe. Seemingly incompatible elements. Unconnected life trajectories. Yet together they form the culture of one continent — the largest and most enigmatic on the planet. Ninety-four states and twelve time zones. The birthplace of great civilizations and a witness to destruction and catastrophe. Over the past centuries, the art of Eurasia has become a complex constellation of cultural genetic codes, a remarkable diagram of spiritual processes and achievements of human civilization. Each artist in this project acts as a guide to another world — the world of their time, culture, and values. Eternal values — love, beauty, harmony, kindness — remain the same across the continent. Across the World.