Tashkent : a modernist capital / photography by Karel Balas ; text by Béatrice Grenier ; foreword, Saida Mirziyoyeva ; preface, Chris Dercon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balas, Karel, photographer.

Grenier, Béatrice, writer of added text.

Mirziëeva, S. Sh. (Saida Shavkatovna), writer of foreword.

Dercon, Chris, writer of preface.

Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, commissioning body.

Uzbekistan. Vazirlar maḣkamasi, commissioning body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Uzbekistan--Tashkent.

Architecture.

Architecture--Uzbekistan--Tashkent--Pictorial works.

Architecture--Uzbekistan--Tashkent--History.

Architecture--Soviet Union.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2024.

Summary:

"In this extraordinary volume, realized in collaboration with the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, photographer Karel Balas reveals the modernist architecture of Tashkent through a collection of never-before-seen photographs. Constructed between the 1960s and early ’90s, these buildings stand as powerful metaphors vis-à-vis Tashkent’s past and present, painting a picture of its rich cultural heritage. Part of the overlooked Soviet modernism movement, the expression of this new architectural style represents a vision and social function for the city as a whole—all the while connoting the specific character and modernization of Central Asia. Whether a 1964 cinema, the State Museum of the Arts, the 1970 Lenin Museum, or the striking Hotel Uzbekistan dated 1976, each structure tells a captivating story about one of the most enthralling cities on the Asian continent"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction / by Gayane Umerova

Images for a new modernist capital / by Béatrice Grenier

Palace of Peoples' Friendship

Big Solar Furnace

Republican Art College

Blue Domes Café

Chorsu Market

State Museum of History

Republican Specialized Surgery Center

Alisher Navoi Metro Station

Pakhtakor Metro Station

Peoples' Friendship Metro Station

Kosmonavtlar Metro Station

State Museum of Arts

Palace of Culture of Aviators

Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace

French Cultural Center and Restoration Center

State Circus

National Television and Radio Company

Zhemchug Residential Building

TV Tower

Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts

Hotel Uzbekistan.

Notes:

"Project initiated and commissioned by Art and Culture Development Foundation under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780847899982

0847899985

OCLC:

1427496993