Fourteen sculptures of the distinguished Central Asian artist Erkin Mergenov constitute the
subject matter of this book. The creative force of the sculptor produced the artifacts which
then inspired historians theologians philosophers and literary scholars to produce 'verbal'
responses and meditations on original themes. The texts which exemplify different
cross-disciplinary approaches to art and sculpture cover the 30-year span of the artist's
career - from Self-Portrait (1971) to Premonition (2001).
