Open AccessEthnicity and traditionalism in the contemporary Kazakhstan art
Author(s) -
Anna Alexandrovna Shevtsova
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
samarskij naučnyj vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3016
pISSN - 2309-4370
DOI - 10.17816/snv20162214
Subject(s) - ethnic group , painting , iconography , symbol (formal) , ethnography , tonality , mythology , aesthetics , art , cultural heritage , contemporary art , history , anthropology , visual arts , sociology , literature , art history , linguistics , archaeology , philosophy , musical , performance art
Popularity of ethnographic plots in contemporary Kazahstans painting let us discuss ethnic mobilization in this region. Also we get possibility to analyze this process using paintings as ethnographical source. Author analyses iconography of painting, graphics, design, decorative and applied art looking for plots with ethnic makers and typical traits linked with ethnic theme, mythology and cultural heritage of Kazakhstan. Research of reconstructing ethnicity through the contemporary visual culture shows us special aspects of complex visual symbol of the country. Among these aspects, we should line references to ethnographical genre and heroical past (often with ignoring of chronology), pursuit to stylization, using of stereotypical landscape, abundance of ethnic markers and motive of the way. Common traits of all these works are symbolism, decorativeness and major tonality.