Chronicles of collecting. Kazakhstan: the instinct of purpose or the cultural mission
Collecting in the post-Soviet space has an important feature: this is one of the manifestations of the unofficial culture of the USSR. The materials in Moscow and St. Petersburg have been studied well enough. Only in recent years, the analysis of collecting gradually acquires a scientifically meaningful implementation on the material of provinces. Study of this phenomenon in the Central Asian region complements the notion of the sphere of Russian culture existence on the foreign periphery of the former empire. It is important to realize that for decades most Soviet people associated art objects with the context of museum expositions. They entered the life of the intelligentsia in the form of prints and illustrations from the popular albums of art. Deprived of the habit of communicating with ‘living’ works, public consciousness only in the 1990s began to feel the need for the presence of art objects at the everyday level - they became available, but not in high demand. The art market has just begun to form itself. The private galleries are playing an active role in the the scenario of the art of Kazakhstan of the 21st century is played, where all of us, professionals and spectators take part, and it depends on us what it will turn out into - drama or triumph.