THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION “A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR TESTS”
On July 28, an exhibition of sculptures “World without nuclear tests”, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, opened at the Zhidebai-Borili State Museum-Reserve of Abai. The author of the exhibition is an artist, sculptor, craftsman K. Aimukhanbetov. More than twenty works of the master were presented at the exhibition.
The event was opened by the director of the Abai Museum, literary critic Turdykul Shanbai. The head of the museum said: “Our museum is a museum of wisdom. The main credo of the museum is based on the wise words of Abai: “Love all humanity like a brother …”. Alash-Semey is the sacred Turkic-Kazakh Horde. In the middle of the twentieth century, a great tragedy took place, which brought tragedy to this rich Kazakh land on the basis of the brutal policy of the authorities. It was a disaster – a nuclear test. Its consequences are known to all mankind today. The Kazakh people said “NO” to the nuclear test. Humanity is grateful. The struggle for a nuclear test in Kazakhstan, which claimed the fate of humanity, does not stop not only politically, but also socially and artistically. Today’s cultural and creative event in the Abai Museum, that is, in the Museum of Human Wisdom, is a reflection of this,” he concluded. The head of the museum presented a letter of thanks and a gift to the author of the exhibition, artist K. Aimukhanbetov.
Speaking on behalf of the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement, S. Kartoev spoke about the period of those years. The author of the exhibition, K. Aimukhanbetov, spoke about the purpose and significance of each of his works, thanked the museum staff for organizing the exhibition and wished them creative success.
The ceremony was attended by a prominent member of the Nevada-Semipalatinsk movement S. Kartoev, city masters N. Utepbaev, S. Adilkhanov, M. Bakytbekovna, F. Argynovich and other representatives of the intelligentsia. In this exhibition, you can see works related to the difficult times that the country went through during the turbulent years, and the gloomy conditions that arose as a result of the trials.
The exhibition will be open to the public for a month.
