The Kyrgyz artist Chingiz Aidarov died on December 15. The Central Asian art community is deeply saddened by his passing.Born in Bishkek, Kygyzstan in 1984, Chingiz Aidarov studied at ArtEast and became a member of the art groups Zhonele emes, 705, and Zamanbap art. His collective and individual work – spanning performance, painting, illustration, and video – issued biting and satirical takes on the sociopolitical situation in Kygyzstan as well as the experience of migrant workers abroad. He developed a performance practice called ‘nabeg’ comprising incursions or ‘invasions’ in public space.
