Yuristanbek Shygaev: Archaic’s Echo

The show presents the original work of Kyrgyz artist Yuristanbek Shygaev, a contemporary artist with a serious interest in the old folk tales and epics of the Kyrgyz people. With a degree at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, Shygaev’s main source of inspiration was the heritage and traditions of his own national culture. Diving into sub-conscious memories of his ancestors, he went on to discover truly inspiring existential pillars and developed his own style by studying traditions of Turkic nomads and grasping the lifestyles and ways of ancient thinking.