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"Uyatki" cabinet

Object 

Print (Inkjet printing on photo paper X-Gree MS190 mg)

Wood

Acrilic

size 40-40-5 cm

Inside the cabinet is a print from the "Albasty" series—a creature from Kazakh mythology. A chthonic creature, predominantly female, with long breasts that mimic snakes. The artist, publishing works from this series, encountered public rejection of the Albasty image. In the traditional consciousness, juxtaposing traditional Kazakh dress and bare breasts is equated with a shameful act, a form of embarrassment. Uyatka's cabinet (translated from Kazakh as "Uyat"—"shame") coyly conceals something that can only be glimpsed discreetly after guests have left.

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