Ibragimov, Lekim

Born on December 21, 1944 in the village of Maly Dekhan, Uygur district, Almaty region of Kazakhstan, in a teacher's family. ^[2] From 1964 to 1971 he studied at the Art School. N. V. Gogol in the city of Alma-Ata. In 1971 - 1977 - a student of graphics department of the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute. A. N. Ostrovsky / now the National Institute of Arts and Design. Kamoliddin Behzod. Beginning in 1976, that is, from his student years, Lekim Ibrahimov becomes an active participant in various republican, all-Union and international exhibitions. In 1978 he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR. He is also a member of the Union of Artists of Uzbekistan (since 1996 - the Creative Association of Artists at the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan). From 1978 to 1986, he constantly worked in the studio of the House of Artists "Sinezh", as well as in the art workshops of the Baltic States. In 1998, Lekim Ibrahimov was a delegate to the World Congress of Artists in Paris. In 1999 he was elected a full member (academician) of the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In the same year he became a professor at the National Institute of Arts and Design. Kamoliddin Behzod. In 2001, academician Lekim Ibragimov in recognition of outstanding achievements was awarded the title "People's Artist of Uzbekistan" ^[3] In 2008, he became an Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Family

• Wife - Maryam Ibragimova, decorative artist
• Son - Murat Ibragimov
• Son - Gairat Ibragimov, artist, one of the brightest representatives of the "generation of zero" in the visual arts of the countries of Central Asia ^[4]

The style of the works of Lekim Ibragimov combines painting, graphics and calligraphy. His work is a harmonious combination of Eastern and Western cultural heritage, modernism and poetic symbolism, traditional classical and abstract-surrealistic directions. ^[5] . The “visiting card” of Lekim Ibragimov's works is the image of an angel or several angels in each of his paintings.

The paintings of L. Ibragimov are exhibited at the State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow, Russia), the State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Uzbekistan), the Museum of East Asia (Budapest, Hungary), the Novosibirsk State Art Museum (Russia), the State Museum of Art. A. Kasteev (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Gallery of the City Hall of Tavkerhen (Germany). His works are also in private collections in the United States, France, Italy, Israel, India, Austria, Japan, Germany, Russia.

In 2000, Lekim Ibragimov came up with the idea to create a canvas based on the legendary oriental fairy tales "A Thousand and One Nights." The concept of this art project crystallized for ten years, the implementation of which L. Ibrahimov began in 2010. The project was named "Thousand Angels and One Picture . " It accurately reflects its essence, since this canvas consists of thousands of individual canvases. Each canvas is a complete picture in all respects, which depicts an angel. The area of ​​the canvas is more than 500 square meters (8 meters high and 66 meters long) ^[6] At first glance, this solution resembles a mosaic familiar to all. However, this impression is erroneous, since the whole is not composed of individual unfinished parts. Here a metamorphosis takes place, during which individual independent units, united, form something integral, but completely different.

The presentation of the mega canvas was held in 2012 in Prague, in 2013 in Moscow (Gostiny Dvor) and in 2014 in Tashkent. The exhibition, held in Moscow, was attended by the international record registration agency Interrekord and registered two world records in the nominations "The biggest painting in the world, painted on canvas with oil by one artist" and "The largest number of angels in one picture."

• 1998 - Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan "For contribution to the development of world culture" ^[7]
• 1999 - Full member (academician) of the Academy of Arts of the Republic of Uzbekistan ^[8]
• 1999 - Professor of the National Institute of Arts and Design. Kamoliddin Behzod AH RUz ^[9]
• 2001 - The main prize of the jury of the I Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art ^[10]
• 2001 - The title of "People's Artist of Uzbekistan" ^[11]
• 2005 - Awarded the title of “Honorary Citizen” of the Uygur district of the Alma-Ata region of Kazakhstan
• 2008 - Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts

• In 1997, a book of poems by Lekim Ibrahimov was published in Switzerland. According to the artist himself, these poems are a kind of rhymed creative credo and a reflection of his worldview.
• In 2009, in honor of Academician Lekim Ibragimov of the Russian Academy of Arts, a poster with a reproduction of his painting was issued.
• One of Lekim Ibragimov’s close friends was the famous writer Chingiz Aitmatov . In 2008, the artist dedicated his memory to the personal exhibition “Abduction of Asia”, which was held in Moscow at the Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery. ^[12]

• Personal site of artist Lekim Ibragimov
• Site of the project "Thousand Angels and One Picture"
• Lekim Ibrahimov in the gallery of Uigur art (inaccessible link)

• Russian Academy of Arts
• Honorary members of the Arts
• Foreign Honorary Members of the Arts

1. ↑ Composition of the Russian Academy of Arts (inaccessible link)
2. ↑ Biography of Lekim Ibragimov (Neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived on October 5, 2012.
3. ↑ [1] (inaccessible link) Archived copy (Undefined) (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is April 27, 2012. Archived June 4, 2013.
4. ↑ San'at :: Gairat Ibrahimov
5. ↑ Article by art historian Oleg Nazansky about Lekim
6. ↑ Website Art Project 1001
7. ↑ Museum news. Article "Magic of the Eastern Line"
8. ↑ Archived copy (Unsolved) (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is May 1, 2012. Archived February 24, 2010. Full members of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan
9. ↑ http://artacademy.uz/natinxud.html (not available link) National Institute of Art and Design. Kamoliddin Behzod
10. ↑ http://www.lekimibragimov.com/bio/nagrady-i-zvaniya Archival copy of November 2, 2012 on the Wayback Machine Lekim Ibrahimov. Awards and titles
11. ↑ Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 24, 2001 No. UP-2921 “On awarding in connection with the decade of independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan a group of workers of science, health, culture, education, the media, public spheres”
12. ↑ Archived copy (Unsolved) (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is May 1, 2012. Archived September 16, 2008. Exhibition Lekim Ibragimov "Abduction of Asia"