SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CATALOGUE AND THE 'UZBEKISTAN: AVANT-GARDE IN THE DESERT' EXHIBITION

The article analyzes the scientific and cultural significance of the catalogue and exhibition project “Uzbekistan: Avant-Garde in the Desert”, considering them as an important tool of scholarly communication in the study of Central Asian avant-garde art. Special attention is paid to the activities of the founder of the State Museum of Arts of Karakalpakstan, Igor Vitalievich Savitsky, and to the formation of a unique collection of works of Russian and Turkestan avant-garde.