An international scientific roundtable titled “Global and Local
Discourses in the Visual Arts of Turkic Peoples” has been held at
the Azerbaijan National Art Museum, AzerNEWS
reports.
The event was organized by the Azerbaijan Culture Ministry and
the Azerbaijan National Art Museum with the support of the Yunus
Emre Institute and the Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation.
The roundtable brought together leading art historians, museum
specialists, and researchers from Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. The central topic of discussion focused
on the interaction between global artistic trends and the local
cultural traditions of Turkic peoples. The session was moderated by
Khadija Ibrahimova, senior researcher at the museum’s innovation
department and candidate of art history.
Speakers included Shirin Malikova, Doctor of Art History and
Associate Professor; Nigora Akhmadova, senior researcher at the
Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan,
Doctor of Art History, Professor, and Academician of the Academy of
Arts of Uzbekistan; Erdem Akkurt; Aigul Mambetkaziyeva, Honored
Cultural Figure; Samal Mamytova, head of the painting and
theatrical decorative arts sector of the A. Kasteyev National
Museum of Arts of Kazakhstan; Telman Ibrahimov, head of the
research department of the Azerbaijan National Art Museum, Doctor
of Art History and Associate Professor; Elchin Shamilli; and Amir
Jadaybayev, leading researcher at the A. Kasteyev National Museum
of Arts of Kazakhstan.
During the discussions, participants examined the complex and
multifaceted development of the visual arts of Turkic peoples in
the context of modern globalization. Experts noted that despite the
active expansion of international visual and cultural connections,
national cultural memory, traditional ornamentation, folklore, and
mythological thinking continue to form the foundation of the local
artistic language.
Special attention was given to the mutual influence of global
and local artistic traditions, the processes of their
transformation and synthesis, as well as the challenges of
preserving national identity while integrating the art of Turkic
peoples into the global artistic system.
As part of the event, a ceremony was also held to present
membership certificates of the TURKSOY Museums Union. Javid
Movsumlu, General Coordinator of the TURKSOY Museums Union and
department head at TURKSOY, together with Shirin Melikova,
coordinator of the TURKSOY Museums Union for Azerbaijan, presented
certificates to the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Gobustan
National Historical-Artistic Reserve, National Museum of
Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi, Azerbaijan State
Museum of Musical Culture, and the Gallery of Solar Carpets by
Kamil Aliyev.
The event became an important international platform for the
exchange of academic perspectives and for strengthening cultural
cooperation among the countries of the Turkic world.
Media partners of the event are Azernews.Az, Trend.Az, Day.Az,
and Milli.Az.
