Erbossyn Meldibekov: The Point Becomes a Circle, and Time Turns into a Ball in a Curved Space at Rossi & Rossi

Time, according to Erbossyn, flows differently in Central Asia. While everything—from ideology to social structure—can change dramatically in just a few weeks, the very same everything can just as easily revert to its previous state. Thus time is not linear but moves in a spiral, causing Central Asia to repeatedly go through the same scenarios.
This cyclical nature fascinates Meldibekov. He is drawn to things that constantly move but seem to go in circles, themes that change rapidly while remaining the same, elements of culture that oscillate without ever progressing. Mountains changing names due to the shifts in governments. Or cults of personality, as in the case of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former President of Kazakhstan, which culminated in an absurd superhero film he made about himself. Or the liberation of Alexander Volkov, a prominent Soviet Cubist artist, from the realistic style mandated by the Soviet government that he was forced to use in his oeuvre.
Despite all that, Erbossyn actually does not consider himself as a strictly political artist, but rather an observer who highlights and pinpoints the most significant recurring scenarios of Central Asia.

Exhibition period: 8.02–8.03
Gallery address: 11/F, M Place, Wong Chuk Hang