Name: Pulota
Title in the original language: Пулота
Author(s) / Creator(s): Rustam Halfin
Technique: Object, Clay
Size / Duration: 9x4 cm
Year of creation: 1991-2001
Place of creation: Almaty
Provided by: OF Asia Art+
Keywords: The surplus element of art; nomadic modernism; Malevich; kut
Access level: on-line
Description: Pulota - (emptiness + fullness) is the simplest plastic object obtained between fingers clenched into a fist. It is a kind of the so-called "Surplus element" of art (according to K. Malevich). According to Halfin, it goes back to the tactile culture of nomads, the concept of "Kut" ("grace" in the Turkic culture), the household tradition of modeling dry salty cheese - kurt.
