Mukhtar Auezov monument in 1978 contest for the installation of
Mukhtar Auezov, a famous Kazakh writer, monument has been announced. Yesken Sergebayev took participation and won the contest in the year of 1979. The overall number of projects submitted to the contest was around 50. The contest went through several elimination stages. At each stage the jury of the contest had been eliminating up to ten works. ‘I myself have submitted 14 projects, out of which only the last one, the 14th one got approved by the jury’ Yesken Sergebayev is saying. The contest jury, numbering twenty people, included well- known Soviet artists, writers, poets such as
Olzhas Suleimenov, for example, architects and sculptors as well as Ministry of Culture representatives. The monument had to be installed by the year of 1980, timelines were tight and pressure on meeting the deadlines was very high. But the author had to resist the high pressure and he took the required amount of time to go to Semey in order to visit
Abai Kunanbayev places.
Abai Kunanbayev is the well- known Kazakh poet and philosopher, he had become the central subject of two novels and an
opera written by
Mukhtar Auezov. Yesken Sergebayev became acquainted with the family members of Mukhtar Auezov, they had been providing all of the rare photographs and materials available, which Yesken Sergebayev utilized while working on the monument. ‘By the year of 1980 the monument was ready to be cast with bronze’ Yesken Sergebayev continues, ‘but due to the Olympic games that started in 1980, Moscow and Leningrad went to lockdown ,which was because of pre-Olympic preparation works. Hence Moscow and Leningrad foundries were not reachable, so it was decided to proceed with the bronze casting in the foundry that was based in
Baku, Azerbaidzhan, where the whole process took almost three months.’ The bronze casting process and its timelines were controlled by
Dinmukhamed Kunayev, Geidar Aliyev, the First Secretary of the Communistic Party of Azerbaidzhan and Tahir Salakhov, famous painter from Azerbaidzhan, who was the First Secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR. ‘Mukhtar Auezov monument, cast out of bronze, was shipped by the
Caspian sea from Azerbaidzhan to Kazakhstan and the opening was planned on the 5th of October, 1980’ Yesken Sergebayev continues, ‘a day, prior to the official opening, I am getting a phone call from
Kunayev administration, informing me that Kunayev can’t be present on the official opening, so we are now required to organize the technical opening at 10 AM, which was the only available timing when Kunayev can be present at the monument opening. Official opening was planned later on that day. I remember that after seeing the monument, Kunayev proclaimed ‘what an outstanding work but who is the author?’ ,then he shook my hand and told me that he appreciates the work that was done’. That is how Yesken Sergebayev was introduced to
Dinmukhamed Kunayev, the First Secretary of the
Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Full Member of
Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
Abu Nasr Al- Farabi monument On creation of Abu- Nasr Al- Farabi monument, Yesken Sergebayev is saying: 'Why not to make Abu Nasr Al- Farabi or Abylai Khan as our own national symbol? As an example, Uzbeks are proud of the fact that Al- Biruni and Avicenna were born on the territory of modern Uzbekistan. Then why not to install the monument of Al- Farabi, which was born on the territory of Turkistan city (previously called Otyrar, south of Kazakhstan)? There was a Soviet Union- wise big contest 43 years ago for Abu- Nasr Al- Farabi monument installation on the territory of modern Kazakhstan. I’ve prepared the project of Al- Farabi monument for the contest.’ But that contest had to be postponed due to China- Soviet Union border conflict on Damansky Island. USSR went into the pre-war preparation phase and there was an order to utilize all the bronze material in military purposes only and as a result Al- Farabi contest had to be postponed for 5-6 years. And then during Gorbachev times, with beginning of perestroika, Al- Farabi monument contest was forgotten. ‘My initial plan is to place the monument on the intersection of Al- Farabi and Dostyk prospects’ Yesken Sergebayev continues, ‘right in the heart of the city, couple of blocks away from Abay Kunanbayev statue, which I find very symbolical. According to the plan, behind the statue will be the 16 meters high arch, panels of the arch will depict greatest philosophers from Pythagoras and Al- Farabi up till Mukhtar Auezov. Height of the monument is proposed to be 8 meters. The monument of Abu Nasr Al- Farabi, the one that has been placed in front of the Kazakh National University named after Al- Farabi, is not a monument that has been requested by the governmental institutions, it was a private requisition to me from the University administration back in the days and which was sponsored by private funds.'
Nurgisa Tlendiyev monument Monument of Kazakh famous conductor and composer
Nurgisa Tlendiyev was placed in Dzhambul village, nearby the Museum of Dzhambul Dzhabayev.
Sultanmakhmut Toraigyrov monument Monument of
Sultanmakhmut Toraigyrov,
Pavlodar:
Abul Khair Khan monument Monument of
Abulkhair- Khan in Aktobe:
'Dos Mukasan' music band sculptural composition Sculptural composition dedicated to
Dos Mukasan music band in Pavlodar: File:Dosy 1.jpg|Sculptural composition of 'Dos Mukasan' music band File:Dosy 2.jpg|Sculptural composition of 'Dos Mukasan' music band File:Monument of 'Dos Mukasan' music band in Pavlodar; памятник группе "Дос Мукасан" в Павлодаре, скульптор Сергебаев Ескен.JPG|Sculptural composition of 'Dos Mukasan' music band
Abay Qunanbayuly monument Monument of Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher
Abay Qunanbayuli (
Ust’-Kamenogorsk):
Akhmet Zhubanov monument Monument of
Akhmet Zhubanov in Aktobe:
Turar Zhurgenov monument Temirbek Zhurgenov monument in front of
Kazakh National Academy of Arts in Almaty, Kazakhstan: File:Temirbek Zhurgenov 3.jpg|Temirbenk Zhurgenov monument in front of the Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan and many other monumental works and sculptures. ==Easel Sculpture Works==