OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM KAZAKHSTAN
FIAP Exhibition Center Oradea – Romania, the “Euro Foto Art” Gallery, recently relocated to the Princely Palace of the medieval Oradea Fortress (Hall E, ground floor), hosted on Wednesday 31.07 -2024, 31.07 at 6:00 PM the opening of photographic art exhibition no. 628, consisting of 58 large-format works created by members of the “Karanda” Photo Club from Kazakhstan: Aimagambetov Bolat, Bondar Evgeny, Dasaeva Alfiya, Deriglazova Alice, Drobotenko Vladimir, Ermakov Alexander, Frank Svetlana, Istotskaya Yana, Kaliev Valery, Kopylov Boris, Kuderinov Timur, Kuderinova Svetlana, Leonov Alexander, Lomonosova Tatiana, Lutsuk Mariya, Lyutov Yuri, Maximov Mikhai, Mayski Victor, Mukhtarov Takhir, Musina Galina, Penkov Roman, Pirogova Ulyana, Podushkin Sergey, Rugis Dmitry, Rups Anna, Schmidt Elena, Shumsky Yuri, Shander Elena, Son Konstantin, Shaposhev Aleksey, Terletskiy Gleb, Tokmagambetov Ruslan, Trotsenko Vladimir, Varygin Yuriy, Vakulyuk Victoria, and Vaydov Roman. All the works on display can also be admired on the AIEFA website: https://eurofotoart.ro/expozitia-fotoclubului-karaganda-kazahstan/ The exhibition is organized by the International Association “Euro Foto Art” in Oradea (AIEFA) and Summit Agro Romania, in partnership with the Oradea and Region Tourism Promotion Association (APTOR). The audience present at the event, as well as those following the live broadcast on AIEFA’s Facebook page, were greeted by AIEFA president and exhibition curator, Ștefan Tóth István AFIAP, ESFIAP, who recalled the context in which, 23 years ago, the first photographic art exhibition from Kazakhstan was organized, featuring works by photographers Olga and Valery Korenchuk from Almaty. He also described the circumstances of his meeting last spring (on the occasion of his personal exhibition opening in the city of Rzeszów) with the president of the “Karaganda” Photo Club (currently residing in that city). Within the framework of this bilateral collaboration, plans are underway for a joint Romanian–Kazakh photographic art exhibition to be opened in December 2024 at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, dedicated to Kazakhstan’s National Day. In his speech, he emphasized: “Today we open an exhibition of high artistic value, which includes various genres of photographic art, such as: essay, creative, portrait, landscape, street, astronomical, and reportage photography. It is remarkable that photographers from Kazakhstan masterfully apply the rules of composition and lighting. Some of the photographs were staged in such a way that the viewer cannot sense it! This exhibition also demonstrates how complex the expressive language of photographic art has become”. Next, on behalf of the president of Summit Agro Romania, Dr. Eng. Patricia Știrbu, her adviser, Prof. Dorin Popa, commended both the artistic quality of the works and the key role that photographic art exhibitions organized by AIEFA and Summit Agro Romania play in promoting this visual art form worldwide in Romania, as well as bringing Romanian creators to the global stage. The musical moments of the opening were offered by the representative of the “Duo Sola Fide” Cultural Group from Oradea, violist Thurzó Sándor József, who performed three pieces from the Kazakh repertoire: Romance, The Swallow, and Aria by Akhmet Zhubanov, arranged for viola by the performer himself. The photographs will also be displayed on the screens inside Oradea’s public transport vehicles, thanks to an agreement between AIEFA and OTL SA. The exhibition will be open to the public until August 28, 2024: Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Admission is free.