Category: Exibitions
On 5 October 2012 "Art-Week Style.uz-2012”, one of the most expected events of cultural life of Uzbekistan was opened backed up by festive drum-roll and sounds of eastern doira.
The Week organizers gladdened the Festival guests and participants once again with fresh ideas and originality. Contrary to the established tradition of cutting a tape, this year the official start of the Week was initiated with a big red button pressed in turn by the organizers and guests of honor of the Week. The ceremony was opened by Gulnara Karimova, Chairperson of the Fund Forum's Board of Trustees, Paolo Roversi, the Project Leader, famous fashion photographer and Nick Powel, Director of Cinema and TV British Academy.
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The opening ceremony featured with bright moments: opening of white umbrellas symbolizing peace and understanding, picturesque performances of Uzbek musicians on the roof of the Palace of Youth Creativity, which became a solemn greeting of all who gathered to watch the main projects of Art - Week Style.uz-2012.
Simultaneously with the opening of Art-Week Style.uz Week the fourth annual Tashkent photo biennale “TashkentAle-2012” was celebrated.
The guests of the ceremony were shown the works of various artists and photographers who have contributed and are contributing to the traditional art of Uzbekistan. Among the exhibitions of the photo biennale also held in the Palace of Youth Creativity, the exposition of the legendary photo artist of the beginning of XX century Max Penson, one of the founders of photographic art in Uzbekistan was the most prominent.
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A special Fund Forum art-project of the talented photographer Alikhan – an exhibition of vario-photographs “Generations are Changing – Traditions are Preserved” was of great interest. Alikhan is cooperating fruitfully with the fashion magazine «L’OFFICIEL. Central Asia». His works put into practice the ideas of classic genres of Fashion-Portraits in combination with modern photo developing technologies. The Alikhan’s pictures should be watched with different angles. For instance, the oriental women in his portraits presented at the biennale, wearing national clothes and jewelry looked young or “getting old” depending on the angle of view of the visitor.
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The biennale of the works of the famous French photo artist Paolo Roversi rated in the top ten of the best photographers of the world as well as the exhibitions of the French artist Tran Trong Vu left nobody indifferent.
The first day of the Art Week has passed in this way. According to the organizers the Week program is expected to be rich and nameable. Its art-menu includes different exhibitions in the field of traditional and modern art, photo expositions of the modern artists, defile from Uzbek and foreign fashion designers, National Clothes Festival as well as various presentations, concerts with participation of world pop stars, events of high society and master-classes from best-known fashion designers.
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