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Magic tales from «One thousand and one nights» reached us from the remote past. With amazing perfection they reflect an extremely delicate understanding of the world by the peoples of orient, expressing this understanding by means of effortless wordplay. EXHIBITION IN THE MERCHANT YARD
This is the beginning of the second stage of the world tour! Lekim Ibragimov’s, a world known artist, mega-painting "Thousand Angels and One Painting" will be presented during 12-15 August 2013 in Moscow’s Merchant Yard (Gostiny Dvor).
Location: Ilyinka Street 4
Working Hours: 10:00-22:00
FREE ENTRY
The Book Inside Me. A thousand angels of Lekim Ibragimov
Mega-canvas by Lekim Ibragimov that has already bewitched the most part of Europe, weighs 22 tons, its area is 528 square meters, 8 meters high and 66 meters long. Installation of the “Angels” takes four days, and for fastening of the picture is needed two and a half kilometers of steel cables.
ВVery impressive dimension of this artistic rarity is not the main advantage of the canvas. Each of the thousand paintings, of which the art object consists, represents a separate story composition written in beautiful calligraphy.
To the workshop of Lekim Ibragimov I was led by the story of the project “1,000 Angels and One Painting” and, of course, to ask the main question, when the art object will appear full-length at home, in Uzbekistan?
But about all in order...
Surprisingly, but Lekim Ibragimov had no prerequisites for beginning his creative activity and becoming world-famous. He was born in 1945 in a small village (Kichik Dehan village of the Uygur district of Almaty region in Kazakhstan) in the family of ordinary school teachers. There were no museums or art clubs in the area where he lived. However, his parents were investing their souls in fostering Lekim. His father was fond of reading and this hobby has defined the live of his son. In the books brought by his father, Lekim, being a boy, managed to discern his true vocation. His complicated path to become the artist has started when he began copying the book illustrations. It was followed by designing the wall newspapers during his school years school. And when, Lekim decides to stake it all. So, in 1962 he goes to Almaty trying to enter the art school. It was not surprising that he has failed the exam: I just was not prepared, explains Lekim.