Opening of Sofia Kuzminykh exhibition to be held in the Gallery Hazine

December 20, the Hazine Gallery( Kremlin,)  at  16.00,  a jubilee exhibition of Sofia Kuzminykh, one of the leading masters of Tatar decorative-applied arts,  will take place. The exhibition is devoted to  85th anniversary of the artist. The exposition presents about  50 items made by Sofia Danilovna and some works in cooperation  with  her daughter  Svetlana Garbuzova.

Sofia Kuzminykh,  having mastered  traditional Tatar technique of skin mosaic, engraving and embroidery on leather and painting on fabric, began to apply them in creating  non-typical for Tatar costume articles: gloves, belts, bags and wallets.

The creativity of  laureate of RT Ministry of culture  named after Baki Urmanche  Sofia Kuzminykh  got a wide popularity not only in Tatarstan but in Russia likewise,   zone exhibitions were held  «Big Volga » (1969-1998), the exhibition of decorative –applied arts  in St, Petersburg  (1990), personal exhibitions  (1978-2006).  In  2002, she took part in the World exhibition-fair in Dijon, France.

The exhibition to last   till January   27,  2013.