Mongolia Through Artworks in Korea
Exhibition of artists of Bayan-Ulgii aimag on Mongolia Through Artworks
Mongolia Through Artworks ; Picture from Voice of Mongolia Website |
An artwork exhibition of artists of Bayan-Ulgii aimag is taking place
at the Yeosu Museum of Art in Yeosu, the Republic of Korea between September 2
and 28. 26 artworks depicting the beautiful natural attractions and ethnic
heritage of the aimag painted by six artists are on display at the exhibition.
Director of the Local Studies Museum of Bayan-Ulgii province said, “A working
group led by Curator of the Yeosu Museum of Art of the Republic of Korea, Ms.
Seo Bong Hee worked in Bayan-Ulgii province in 2018. During their visit, a
memorandum was signed between the Local Studies Museum of Bayan-Ulgii
province and the Yeosu Museum of Art to organize an exhibition of the works of
the two countries’ artists, and promote them to art researchers.”
Bayan-Ölgii
Aong 21 aimags of Mongolia, Bayan-Ölgii is the westernmost one. This is the
country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, that established in August
1940. Ölgii is the capital of this aimag.
Ulgii, located 1055 miles (1,698 km) from Ulaanbaatar. It has 45,705 square
km of areas with the population of 100,000 plus. Bayan-Ulgii is a far-off land of
high mountains (the Mongol Altai - Tavan Bogd mountains with 4,373 m peak)
torrents and glaciers, inhabited by Kazakh, a minority who has a different
culture from the Mongols, herding yaks and goats and hunting with trained
eagles.
Bayan-Olgii, the ethnic groups of this aimag are
comprised of the Kazakh, Khalkh. Durvud, Uriankhai and Tuva. About
90% of Bayan-Ulgii's population are Kazakh, almost all of them Muslim. The
remaining 10% are mostly obscure minority groups.