Art Therapy in the Era of Shorts Is Offered by the Gallery on Aga Berdiyev Street
We live in a world "behind glass." Smartphones, endless reels, glossy marketplaces, and flawless yet cold AI visualizations. We've learned to consume content, but we've almost forgotten how to sense reality. In this digital race, it's easy to lose touch with our own "inner light."
The time is coming for a "quiet renaissance"—a return to a personal, tactile perception of the world. And art is becoming the best guide.
The new exhibition, which opened at the art gallery on Aga Berdiyev Street in early April, is a journey through physical and mental space. Imagine 42 magic lanterns lit simultaneously along your path. This is how many artists from different generations have come together to highlight facets of our lives that we often fly by at the speed of internet traffic—in one quick scroll of an endless feed, swiping news, events, and moments with a single swipe of a finger across the screen, replacing them with the next post, leaving only a slight anxiety about our “missed” reality.
There are 160 works here—160 attempts to unravel the mystery of the moment. Landscapes that capture a sultry midday, genre scenes scented with warmed earth, and portraits whose gaze makes you pause.
This space is alive. It vibrates not with phone notifications, but with the tremors of chiaroscuro, the plasticity of colors, the tart texture of painting, and personal associations. The works of Kamil Veliakhmedov, Khodzhamukhamet Churiev, Allamurat Mukhamedov, Medzhek Charyev, Rakhman Rakhmanov, Berdy Charyev, Lyudmila Nabirkina, Dovlet Akyyev, and many other recognized masters and their younger followers are not pixels on a screen. They are thick brushstrokes on canvas, the energy of hands, the pulsation of thought, and the endless fabric of creativity.
An art exhibition is a chance to see the world "here and now," not "there and then." Pause the hustle and bustle, enter into silence, and focus your inner attention on the good, the beautiful, and the noble. Art has a remarkable quality—it seeks a response. Among these 160 works, there's one that resonates with your soul and history.
Sometimes, to find a way out of the maze of everyday life, you just need to let someone's talent illuminate the way.
The exhibition's curator, art historian Jeren Klycheva, will help you decipher the hidden meanings and answer your most subtle questions.
Location: Ashgabat, Aga Berdiyev Street, 135/1
Information: +993 64 618791.
