In 2019, the artist almost returned to the composition of the two thousandth, adding a white camel and a dark one with a shanyrak from the composition of 2010. At the same time, he developed the foreground, placing a shepherd and a camel (on the left), a dervish and a koitas on the right. Migration, rest, wandering and the end of the road. Joy and sadness. This is the eternal life cycle.
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.
