ISSA Uzbekistan\ First Sculpture Symposium of th Alliance in Central Asia

The 2nd Tashkent International Sculpture  Symposium, and ISSA Uzbekistan was officially held from August 

31st to September 29th in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The event was jointly organized by the Union

 of Artists of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of

 the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Artists from 36 countries presented more than 150 projects on ecology, nature conservation and 

the environment, including the tragedy of the Aral Sea and its revival. In the end, 10 foreign and 

11 Uzbek sculptors were selected for the event.

As a part of the Sculpture Symposium, in the conference hall of the Union of Artists of Uzbekistan, 

、the foreign sculptors presented their works to the audience, talked about the art projects and 

answered questions. And the international artists visited the ancient cities of Tashkent and Samarkand. 

In the future, the sculptures will be installed at the new International Ecological University in Tashkent.

Artists attending:

1) Fabrizio Lorenzani Verena Mayer-Tasch, Italy 

2) Nesrin Karacan, Türkiye 

3) Laura Marcos Escultora, Argentina 

4) Ali jabbar, UK 

5) Tutu Pattnaik, India

6) Kirill Krokhalev, Belarus

7) Lasha Khidasheli, Georgia 

8 ) Mikhail Sobolev, Russia                                                                        

9) José Carlos Cabello Millán, Spain                                      

10) Ehsan Garmsiri, Iran

Artists from Uzbekistan are：

Ulash Urakov 、 Eduard Safaryan、 Daribay Tadzhimuratov 、Abdugoffor Esonaliev 、Botir Khakimov、

 Nodir Usmanov 、Ulugbek Usmanov、Rufat Rakhmatov、Soliy Kadyrov、Yigitali Bokiev 、Pavel Makarov 

Contributor:  ISSA Uzbekistan Member,  Ibragim Valikhodjaev

Editor: Liu Qin, Song Mingcheng

Translator: Sun Yannan

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