SHE RUG Moves South: Shymkent Exhibition Asks What It Means to Belong
Sandugash Beisenbekova, the founder of ShyraQ, has moved her exhibition project to Shymkent. Two years ago, she displayed a woven copy of one of the oldest known carpets in an Astana gallery. This was intended to show that Kazakh carpet weaving started before the 20th century. The new exhibition in Shymkent explores the concept of belonging.
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Two years ago, Sandugash Beisenbekova hung a woven copy of one of the world’s oldest known carpets in one of Astana’s gallery to make a point: Kazakh carpet weaving did not begin in the 20th century. Now the founder of ShyraQ has taken her project south to Shymkent and changed the question. The… The post SHE RUG Moves South: Shymkent Exhibition Asks What It Means to Belong appeared first on The Astana Times .