Traditional and contemporary art of Kazakhstan

The work is executed in a mixed media technique based on acrylic with the inclusion of textile elements, which allows it to be classified as a practice of object-painting synthesis. The introduction of real fabric and decorative cords with tassels expands the medium of the painting, translating it from the plane of pure painting into the realm of a tactile, material object.Compositionally, the canvas is organised horizontally and structured into several registers, which semiotically corresponds to the image of a traditional chest as a cultural container of memory. This organisation mimics the principle of ‘layered’ memory, where each level captures a specific stratum of cultural content.The upper zone, with its rich red textile background, functions as the dominant symbolic layer, associated with vital energy, warmth and the idea of the family hearth. The middle and lower registers, featuring ornamental motifs, are rendered in a muted, ‘patinated’ colour palette.The chest serves as a metaphor for a repository of collective and family history, where the material world becomes a vehicle for identity.