Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djoumaliev

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Description

Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djoumaliev
Caravan and Dog and Caravan in Night (Silhouette)
c-print, in two parts
each: 53 by 80cm.; 20 7/8 by 31 1/2 in.
Executed in 2007, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Laura Bulian Gallery, Milan

Exhibited

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, focus: Kasmalieva and Djumaliev, 2007
Helsinki, KIASMA, Time of Storytellers, 2007
Shanghai, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Soft Power. Asian Attitude, 2007
Armenia, Guimri, Guimri Biennale, 2008
New York, Winkleman Gallery, Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Djumaliev, 2008-2009
Thessaloniki, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty, 2009
Cardiff, National Museum Cardiff, Artes Mundi 4: Wales International Visual Art Prize, 2010
Milan, Laura Bulian Gallery, A New Silk Road: Algorithm of Survival and Hope, 2010

Catalogue Note

The presented works are part of a larger project by the artists entitled A New Silk Road: Algorithm of Survival and Hope, which includes a five-channel video installation and a photogrpahic series. The project, commissioned in 2007 by the Art Institute of Chicago, explores the current day events and struggles along the famous Silk Route that passes through Central Asian countries while connecting China to the West. Stripping the image of the Silk Route from its romanticised Orientalist connotations, the artists show real people actively engaged in the transportation of goods along deteriorating roads, often dilapidated vehicles, as a means of survival. The project was instrumental in Kasmalieva and Djumaliev's nomination for the prestigious Prince Claus Award in 2010.