IRAKLI PARJIANI - Revived Gospels at ATINATI’S Cultural Center.
“IRAKLI PARJIANI - Revived Gospels” is the first video installation of Irakli Parjiani’s (1950-1991) legacy, which is the first facsimile edition of the Gospels as transcribed and illustrated by the artist. Visitors will have the chance to view an exact copy of Parjiani's Gospels brought to life through modern technology in the form of a video installation.
Host of the exhibition: Cultural Center ATINATI’S
Idea – Sophia Parjiani
Projection/Animation – Irakli Zurabishvili
Composer – Nika Machaidze (Composition based on ancient Svanetian chants)
Opening: 19.04.2023 - 18:00 o’clock
Duration: 19.04.2023 - 23.04.2023
In Parjiani's "Gospels", influences from the Middle Ages surface, while at the same time, they bear signs of modern culture. Here the canonical iconography of handwritten religious books and the author's original interpretation coexist. A unique version of the Gospel was created in Soviet Georgia, and to this day has no existing analogue.
Irakli Parjiani (1950-1991) is one of the most renowned figures in 20th century Georgian art. He has been a leader of Georgian painting since the 1980s, having defined the standpoint, style and direction of his generation. Restitution of the lost tradition of religious painting in Georgian art is linked to his name. Providing a liaison between traditional and modern systems of culture, he seemed to possess hidden knowledge about the world.
