On June 6-8, 2018, the Second International Congress Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan - A Path to a Dialogue Between Nations and Countries will be held in St. Petersburg.
On the eve of this event, a meeting of the academic staff of the project was held in Tashkent. Moderators of future academic sessions took part in it. In the photo - the author of the multimedia project Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in World Collections, Firdavs Abdukhalikov.
One of the moderators of the future sessions is Elmira Gul, Doctor of Art History, researcher at the Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, member of the editorial board of the project Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in World Collections. Here is what she said:
"In just a few days, the second international congress Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan will be held in St. Petersburg, to which a group of representatives of academic circles from Uzbekistan is flying, and there, during the congress, several panel discussions will be held, at which topical issues related to the history of applied art, to collections of Uzbek art in foreign collections will be discussed.
In particular, at this event we will present the next published albums as part of the series Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in World Museums.
These are albums such as "The Art of Uzbekistan in the museum collections of Germany", the second album - art objects of Uzbekistan from the collection of the State Museum of the History of Religions (St. Petersburg). Finally, an album dedicated to the Uzbek collection of the collection of the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan. Another album is the carpet weaving of Uzbekistan, and the fifth album, which was planned by the presentation, is the second part of the Hermitage Uzbek collection, which will represent the art of Uzbekistan in the era of the Muslim Middle Ages. These five albums were planned by us.
I took part in the creation of two albums directly. This is the collection of the Museum of the History of Religions (St. Petersburg), where I have an article about Uzbek carpets and embroideries from the collection of this museum. I am also one of the authors of the album on carpet weaving in Uzbekistan. It is this last album that I will present there and give information about its contents.
It should be noted that Uzbek classical carpets have never been published in the fullness of their types, techniques and coloristic and ornamental diversity. In this regard, the album is truly unique. I think many readers will be surprised to see how different the Uzbek classic carpet is from what we are used to seeing in our art bazaars. For example, the embroidered carpets, which were an indispensable part of wedding celebrations, are absolutely delightful and unusual. The album contains items from various foreign and republican collections, both museum and private," Elmira Gul said.
