Dialogue through culture
Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan
On January 23, 2025 at 15.00 an opening ceremony of the joint exhibition of the Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary Member of the Union of Artists of Astana Akzhan Ali and the famous Austrian scientist, artist Dr. Gerald Florian Messner «We are not alone» will be held
in the Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The exhibition is organized within the framework of the project «Dialogue through Culture» and opens the 2025 exhibition season in the Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Ali Akzhan Toleubaikyzy was born on September 5, 1979, in Korgalzhyn village, Akmola region. Since 2021, she began working as an art manager in the gallery of the Union of Artists of Astana and took part in organizing and holding more than 40 exhibitions. Activities in the Union of Artists of Astana contributed to the activation of creativity and the disclosure of potential, first in the direction of fluid art technique, and then in abstract paintings.
Ali Akzhan's works were presented at the Astana Finance Days 2022 exhibition, the International Exhibition of the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2022, the exhibition of the Youth Association of the Union of Artists of Astana «Alemnin Zharygy», the exhibition » «Jewelry of Turkic Women», the EXPO-Nauryz exhibition, the «Endless Space» exhibition at the National Space Center, and the group exhibition «13 Metamorphoses» of candidates for the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The artist's works are in personal collections in Kazakhstan, as well as Austria, Germany, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Morocco.
Dr. Gerald Florian Messner is a scientist, artist, musician, actor and writer. He was born in 1937 in Bad Eisenkappel, Austria. He is a graduate of the Pedagogical College in Klagenfurt (Austria), where he received his artistic education, the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna (diploma in performing arts), and the University of Vienna (PhD in comparative musicology).
He has performed in major theatres in Berlin, Hamburg, Klagenfurt, Lucerne and Vienna, as well as on radio, in cinema and on television. In addition, he writes poetry and composes music. In the 1970s, he was known for his protest songs and active musical performances. D. F. Messner is the author of numerous scientific works and works of art.
In recent years, he has begun to devote more time to developing his visual art, creating numerous paintings and graphic works that have been exhibited in the UAE, Austria, China and Kazakhstan. For Florian Messner, the visual, literary and performing arts, painting and music are interrelated.
«My paintings are an attempt to express what I feel when I come into contact with ancient cultures. I want to show that we are all connected by invisible threads and that our history is much richer than we can imagine, » says Dr. Messner.
We live in the age of digital technology and globalization, in a world where the boundaries between people are becoming increasingly blurred. Two artists, two views of the world, united by one idea. The exhibition «We are not alone» is an experiment in which art becomes a language that can express what cannot be conveyed in words. Each work is a unique fragment of a mosaic that fits together to form a single picture of human experience.
This exhibition will feature 25 works by Akzhan Ali and 27 works by Florian Messner. The exhibition will run until February 24, 2025.
in the Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The exhibition is organized within the framework of the project «Dialogue through Culture» and opens the 2025 exhibition season in the Presidential Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Ali Akzhan Toleubaikyzy was born on September 5, 1979, in Korgalzhyn village, Akmola region. Since 2021, she began working as an art manager in the gallery of the Union of Artists of Astana and took part in organizing and holding more than 40 exhibitions. Activities in the Union of Artists of Astana contributed to the activation of creativity and the disclosure of potential, first in the direction of fluid art technique, and then in abstract paintings.
Ali Akzhan's works were presented at the Astana Finance Days 2022 exhibition, the International Exhibition of the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2022, the exhibition of the Youth Association of the Union of Artists of Astana «Alemnin Zharygy», the exhibition » «Jewelry of Turkic Women», the EXPO-Nauryz exhibition, the «Endless Space» exhibition at the National Space Center, and the group exhibition «13 Metamorphoses» of candidates for the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The artist's works are in personal collections in Kazakhstan, as well as Austria, Germany, Japan, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Morocco.
Dr. Gerald Florian Messner is a scientist, artist, musician, actor and writer. He was born in 1937 in Bad Eisenkappel, Austria. He is a graduate of the Pedagogical College in Klagenfurt (Austria), where he received his artistic education, the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Vienna (diploma in performing arts), and the University of Vienna (PhD in comparative musicology).
He has performed in major theatres in Berlin, Hamburg, Klagenfurt, Lucerne and Vienna, as well as on radio, in cinema and on television. In addition, he writes poetry and composes music. In the 1970s, he was known for his protest songs and active musical performances. D. F. Messner is the author of numerous scientific works and works of art.
In recent years, he has begun to devote more time to developing his visual art, creating numerous paintings and graphic works that have been exhibited in the UAE, Austria, China and Kazakhstan. For Florian Messner, the visual, literary and performing arts, painting and music are interrelated.
«My paintings are an attempt to express what I feel when I come into contact with ancient cultures. I want to show that we are all connected by invisible threads and that our history is much richer than we can imagine, » says Dr. Messner.
We live in the age of digital technology and globalization, in a world where the boundaries between people are becoming increasingly blurred. Two artists, two views of the world, united by one idea. The exhibition «We are not alone» is an experiment in which art becomes a language that can express what cannot be conveyed in words. Each work is a unique fragment of a mosaic that fits together to form a single picture of human experience.
This exhibition will feature 25 works by Akzhan Ali and 27 works by Florian Messner. The exhibition will run until February 24, 2025.
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