Exhibition on ancient civilization from Moldova's region inaugurated in Chisinau

19:44 | 25.07.2016 Category: Culture

Chisinau, 25 July /MOLDPRES/ - An exhibition, Cucuteni-2016, was inaugurated at the National History Museum today. The event was organized by ART Studio Picasso, host institution, under the Culture Ministry’s patronage.

The exhibition brings together 70 pottery and 24 painting works, reproducing the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture - one of the oldest civilizations in Europe, made by artists from Europe, Asia and Africa, participants in a creation camp, Cucuteni International Art Camp 2016.

Contacted by MOLDPRES, the deputy director of the aforementioned museum, Aurelia Cotnetchi, said that jars with Cucuteni elements were displayed there, of different shapes and volumes, with the pottery vessels and women’s statuettes as the main elements of the Cucuteni culture.

According to Cornetchi, the works were made during three weeks at the International Art Camp 2016, second issue, held in the Ivancea village, central Orhei district, on 26 June – 16 July. Participating in the 2016 issue of the camp were 25 artists from ten countries: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.

Attending the event, Culture Minister Monica Babuc stressed that, unlike the first issue of the camp from the last year, the artistic dimension had been substantially enhanced. “The Cucuteni culture is worth being carried out by great masters, as well as by young talents,” Monica Babuc said.

The Cucuteni-Trypillian culture represents a unique phenomenon in the history of the mankind. It is one of the oldest civilizations in Europe, established several centuries before Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. The culture was spread on the current territory of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, with the territory of Moldova being in the centre of this region.

The exhibition will be opened will 1 August. On this day, a charity tender will be held at the museum, during which some of the works will be sold.

(Reporter N. Roibu, editor M. Jantovan)

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