«Земля нормальных людей» 
("Land of Normal People")

Saida Suleyeva

Континент, February-March 2002

From the SCCA archive
Digital collection 
Documentation, Tselinny 
Center of Contemporary Culture

... the exhibition’s concept asserts that, although Central Asia was long perceived by Europe as an unknown, a blank spot on the map, it is in fact a land of unique nomadic culture, and, in its contemporary state, a land of normal people who are no different from Europeans, who make art and reflect on the world.