Painting of the Republics of Central Asia in search of renewal of the artistic language (1960s)

Abstract

The article examines the process of transformation of painting in the Central Asian republics in the context of historical and social changes in the 1960s. Scientific novelty is determined by the actualization of the question of the role of the Uzbek avant-garde masters of the 1920s – 1930s in the formation of regional national schools. This issue is considered in connection with the problem of ethnocultural identity, which came to the fore both during the years of the formation of painting in the 1920s and in the 1960s. The influence of the regional phenomenon of the avant-garde on the search for artists in the 1960s has not yet been studied due to ideological conventions. In recent years, new vectors of research on this issue have been outlined, which focus the attention of researchers, including on the art of the so-called “periphery”. The article takes into account new methodological developments in relation to the Central Asian region, based on the post-colonial approach to understanding the development of Central Asia in the 20th century. It is substantiated that the study of the Central Asian region during the period of Soviet modernization should be carried out on the basis of an interdisciplinary synthesis and various modern scientific positions; regional artistic processes must be considered taking into account the specifics of the historical and cultural context, which is understood as a combination of socio-historical, spiritual, aesthetic and artistic factors.