Almagul Menlibayeva



Leeza Ahmady speaks with photographer and video artist Almagul Menlibayeva, whose 2010 exhibition, Daughters of Turan, took place at New York's Priska C. Juschka Fine Art. Joining them for the conversation is Priska Juschka, founder of Priska C. Juschka Fine Art. Juschka offers an account of the history of her gallery and her interest in Menlibayeva's work, which examines the cultural, political and ecological history and growth of the artist's native Kazakhstan. Melibayeva discusses how the Soviet occupation of Kazakhstan informed her artistic growth and interests, alongside traditional Kazakh culture, and gives a brief introduction to the economic, geographic and political history of the country.



This event took place on April 29, 2010 and was presented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in collaboration with ArteEast's Across Histories: Artist Talk Series.
 

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