With the support of the Art and Culture Development Foundation under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on September 25 in Moscow at the State Museum of Oriental Art, an exhibition of the sculptor Damir Rozybaev was opened, which will run from September 25 to October 23.
The exhibition "Sculpture. Painting. Graphics" reflects the work of Damir Rozybaev, one of the most prominent representatives of modern art in Uzbekistan, and an honored Artist of the Republic. In his works, echoes of the ancient culture of his native land and contemporary cultural trends are closely intertwined.
The vernissage presents more than fifty works by the author from various periods of his work: portraits, mythological images, genre compositions in which the common motif rises to the meaning of a symbol, sculptures of folk singers and jazz musicians, non-figurative paintings and graphic works. The exhibition was organized in Moscow with the support of the Art and Culture Development Foundation under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, alongside the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the State Museum of Oriental Art and the Marjani Foundation.
Damir Rozybaev, sculptor, honored artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
- I am happy that the exhibition "Sculpture. Painting. Graphics" has developed and it is a great honour for me to present works in Moscow, within the walls of the State Museum of Oriental Art. The exhibition was held thanks to the museum itself and its employees, as well as with the support of the Art and Culture Development Foundation under the Ministry of Culture of Uzbekistan and the Marjani Foundation. Please accept my sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to the implementation of the exhibition, and I hope that each visitor will find something for themselves in it.
About the artist:
Damir Salidzhanovich Rozybaev was born in 1939 in Samarkand. From 1954 to 1959 he studied in the sculptural department of the Tashkent Art College. An essential role in the development of Rozybaev's talent was played by communicating with Alexander Nikolaevich Volkov, a master of Central Asian art of the twentieth century. After graduating from college, Damir Rozybaev, as one of the best students, was invited to continue his studies at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin in Leningrad. He later returned to Uzbekistan and since then worked as a sculptor, and also participated in archaeological expeditions in the Surkhandarya region, and was engaged in the restoration of ancient sculpture in the laboratory of the Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences in Tashkent. For almost ten years, since 1988, he was the director of the State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan, and in 1986 opened a children's art studio in which he still teaches. His sculptures and paintings are stored in the State Museum of the East, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan, and the State Museum of Art named after I.V. Savitsky in Nukus, and his monumental compositions are installed in Uzbekistan, Armenia, Hungary and South Korea.
In recent decades, Rozybaev has been passionate about finding expressive means for the synthesis of painting, sculpture, architecture, music. Possessing a unique "melodic" talent, Rozybaev seeks to convey the rhythms of the Eastern Melodies, expressing the deep essence of Central Asian culture, using the language of plasticity. To create his works, the artist uses limestone, marble, granite, bronze, fireclay, and at times covers these with coloured glazes, and even crystal. One of his favourite materials is coloured clay, created by himself based on oxides and heat-resistant pigments.
