The carpets and kilims of the Baluch
are a small window
to a world of wonder.
Woven and knotted
by wandering herders
under the open sky
with their soft and silky wool
they are beautiful and timeless values.
from the 2nd to the 17th of April 2011
at the
Orientgalerie Reto Christoffel
Im Schibler 13
CH - 8162 Zürich Steinmaur, Switzerland
Opening times: Sa+Su 2 p.m. - 10 p.m., on weekdays by appointment only,
Tel/Fax +41(0)44 853 03
PS. CARPE DIEM, use the (still extant) time!
In this spirit, there will be favourable conditions!
http://www.orientgalerie.ch christoffel wlu orientgalerie.ch
Between Oxus and Jaxartes - Amu Darja and Syr Darja – lie steppes, oases and deserts.
Boundlessly, nomads – Uzbeks, Turkmen and Kirghiz - stride across this wide and barren lebensraum.
They trade with each other along a network of the Silkroads.
Steppe cultures develop and express themselves in knotted carpets and kilims like flowers in the desert.
From this vast area I show selected peasant and village rugs and flatweaves from Uzbekistan, Turkestan and Kirghizstan.
Invitation to the exhibition
from the 12th to the 27th of November 2011 at the
Orientgalerie Reto Christoffel
Im Schibler 13
CH - 8162 Zürich Steinmaur, Switzerland
Opening times: Sa+Su 2 p.m. - 10 p.m., on weekdays by appointment only,
Tel/Fax +41(0)44 853 03
http://www.orientgalerie.ch christoffel wlu orientgalerie.ch
*as in the title of Alexander Borodin’s symphonic poem, composed in 1880