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# The Museum of the East has lent unique materials from the excavations of the Khorezm Archaeological and Ethnographic Expedition for the exhibition "Neither Together Nor Apart" at GES-2, on the link between archaeology and modernism and on how art can make
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/muzei-vostoka-dal-unikalnye-materialy-s-raskopok-khorezmskoi-arkheologo-etnograficheskoi-ekspeditsii-dlia-vystavki-v-ges-2-ne-slitno-ne-razdelno-o-sviazi-arkheologii-i-modernizma-i-o-to/
- Published: 2025-05-24T18:53:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:01.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Archive, The East, Art, Moscow, Museums, Observations

The Khorezm Expedition worked from 1937 to 1991 and was tied to the Soviet programme of irrigating the deserts of Central Asia. The exhibition shows, on the one hand, the contribution of Russian scholars to the development of the Central Asian region and, on the other, advances the perennial theme of looking to the past while moving towards the future. The archaeological finds, plans, sketches, drawings, documents and recollections of the expedition are complemented by contemporary art, which reinterprets the exhibits on show, the aesthetics of the East and images of the past.

Hundreds of documents on the history of this unique scientific expedition are on view, but, to be frank, no historical or scientific context takes shape as one walks round; rather, one is immersed in the themes of Soviet-era Central Asia, the intelligentsia spirit of the archaeologists, the images of the Great Steppe and a living bond with antiquity, even if it arises against the background of planned modern irrigation projects with a rather sorry fate.

Beyond the atmosphere and the sound and colour design, it is impressive to be able to see drawings, plans and blueprints that never leave the archives and the dusty storerooms. And it is especially pleasing to hear memoir extracts from people who, many years ago, dreamed of a different future for the Soviet East.