In 2012, an even more multi-figured composition “Heir” appeared, with a very rich foreground. In the center there is a camel head, on the back of which are two women with a naked baby. On the left – a woman and a man next to a kulpytas, reminiscent of their ancestors. Flanking the center on the left there are batyrs of different ages, on the right is a fully armed warrior on a black horse and young ones on white and bay horses. And in the background we see something familiar, but with variations. In the center from left to right: a woman on a camel, a mosque, a camel with a shanyrak, a pair of horsemen and a dismounted horseman. There is a vivid connection of different life layers: dynamics of events and silence of concentration.
These four canvases are exciting not only because they are dedicated to the “golden age” of nomadism, which in the eyes of descendants possesses the unshakable principles of traditional existence, but also how the artist designated this constancy, shades of which are sometimes given by the uncontrollable chaos of life. He introduced repetitive elements into each composition, unlike the others. It is something like the North Star, around which other stars are circling. And it is the North Star – a constant reference point for a person wandering in the vast expanses of the earth. And for Ali Baktygereyev, the Kazakh nomadism has become an unshakable and wonderful landmark in the chaos of modern life.
