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On July 1, an exhibition of the member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation Vladimir Gvozdev "Gvozdev+Shege" opened in the art gallery of the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy (1A Bokeikhan Street).
The exhibition held within the framework of the project of the Library of Elbasy "Cultural Code of Independence" is dedicated to the upcoming Capital Day.
Vladimir Gvozdev was born in 1960 in the Sverdlovsk region, three years later his family moved to Almaty. In 1993, he graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts.
The artist's father, the famous painter Andrey Gvozdev, instilled a love of painting, gave him knowledge and taught him to see this world in his own way. But Kazakh folk art helped the artist to find his own visual language, his own style. That is why Vladimir Gvozdev chose the Kazakh word "shege" as a pseudonym, which means "nail" in Russian.
Shege's creativity is inextricably linked with the Kazakh culture, traditions and customs. The artist works in a style that he invented and called "ethnosymbolism".
Many years ago, while engaged in the carpet business, the author of the exhibition got acquainted with traditional handmade carpet weaving and was amazed by the richness and deep meaning of ancient symbols. It seemed to the master that he could "read" these carpets.
Studying the history of the ancient Kazakhs, ornaments of carpet weaving, elements of petroglyphs, the artist discovered that the nomads had developed the imagery of symbols: a snake means wisdom, an eagle - freedom, independence, a tree - a sign of life. The ancient Kazakh sign system became the basis of the master's paintings. The artist's works carry information like the one that the ancient masters put into the carpet. According to art critics, the works of Shege are a text accessible in all languages, in which the code of the culture of the Great Steppe is encrypted..
The author's paintings are traditional Kazakh carpets, korpe, pillows painted in oil. It is said that this technique resembles "oil weaving on canvas". Basically, the author of the exhibition works not with a brush, but with a palette knife.
V. Gvozdev's works are in galleries and private collections in Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Georgia, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, the USA, Turkey, France and Switzerland.
Residents and guests of the capital will be able to get acquainted with the exhibition "Gvozdev+Shege" until August 16, 2021.