The exhibition centre of the Union of Artists of Turkmenistan opened an exhibition of paintings and ceramic works by Rahman and Dilber Umarovs, dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the artist.
For the first time in this Exhibition Centre, and it was 25 years ago, Rahman Umarov exhibited his painting «The Wheel of Life», and it immediately attracted attention, and the name of the artist was remembered by professionals and art lovers. Since then, every participation of Umarov at exhibitions has been a pleasant event for the audience. This time the artist presented about 50 works. Among them there are well-loved familiar canvases, but there are also new ones, even dated 2023.
One of the latest works is «Three, four, five, I'm going to look». Rahman wrote a sketch for this nice picture in the Senezh House of Creativity, walking through a birch grove, and accidentally met a little girl playing hide and seek. As always, the artist had a notebook with a pencil. There is no exaggeration in the picture - against the background of extremely huge birches, the girl looks like a baby. And her little red riding hood brings a bright touch to the monochrome green tone of the picture. The perspective of the grove is clearly visible in the picture, which makes the work extremely attractive.
In the centre of the exposition is the «Portrait of a Mother». Even if there were no signature under the picture, it would not be difficult for anyone to determine who is depicted on the canvas: the same eyes as Rahman, the same smile and the same goodwill emanating from the whole image.
An interesting presentation by the artist of the portrait of his wife. Dilber looks at the viewer from the back, with a proud turn of his head. This angle, as well as the bright palette of the picture, makes Dilber look like a Spanish doña.
Many of Rahman's paintings have a philosophical connotation - historical, patriotic, often with the use of symbolism. But the artist himself considers himself a 100% realist. And even, being next to the painting «Hero», which depicts one eye and a lot of colour stains, he claims that this is not an abstraction, but a real image of a sculpture from a neighbour in the workshop, which fell under heavy rain. And again, he had a pencil and notepad at hand.
Dilber Umarova exhibited her miniature terracotta sculptures for the first time at the Exhibition Centre in 2008 for her husband's 40th birthday. Her collection was also a huge success; the terracotta figurines of charming villagers literally captivated the visitors of the exhibition. Dilber and Rahman are graduates of the Tashkent theatre and art institute (now the State institute of arts of Uzbekistan). As Ayjan Kadyrova, head of the department of art history at the State academy of arts of Turkmenistan, noted,the artists work in different directions, but they are brought together by harmony in the created works. Everything they create is not invented, but taken from life.
Dilber, like her husband, always has a pencil at hand. Her terracotta figurines represent cute characters in various scenes from the life of the villagers. «Cranes», «Neighbours», «Family», «Caravan», «From the Bazaar», «Grandmothers», «Brothers», «Friends» and other compositions were first presented by Dilber to the audience. And again, visitors to the exhibition enthusiastically met cute yashuly, cute kids who love to talk to women, camels and female camels. Everything that the hands of Dilber touch acquires warmth and cordiality, so each figure pleases the audience with its originality.
Many artists from the academy of arts and the union of artists took part in the grand opening of the exhibition: it was felt that the work of this talented family couple was under the special attention of professionals.
