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30/05/2023
NIKO PIROSMANI – BLACK LIGHT. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk opens a solo exhibition of a master – the Georgian hero of the avant-garde, Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918). There are few clues or sources for the story of Niko Pirosmani as an artist. Even so, his tale has the power and character of myth, and today he is spoken about as the painter of Georgia’s soul, culture and folklore and at the same time as a visual artist with a universal perspective. With Pirosmani, the viewer must above all look at the picture. Pirosmani’s pictures are direct, monumental in their simplicity. They are not private, they are not psychological – they are about the human space in which people encounter animals, people eat together, people are on the move. The appeal of the images is simple, but also sophisticated – because they work. With a few brushstrokes, Pirosmani transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary. His portraits have the intensity of Orthodox icons and the images of his lion, deer and giraffe have something simultaneously compelling and disquieting about them. Their eyes stare back at you. The black base colour glows through the other colours, just like in his portraits. The exhibition has been organized jointly by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark and Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland. The exhibition has been made possible through collaboration with The Georgian National Museum and The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia, and is supported by the Infinitart Foundation. Curator: Poul Erik Tøjner Special thanks to Louisiana museum of modern art and Louisiana channel
10/05/2023
Artist in Focus - Irakli Mereli was born in Batumi in 1992. He graduated from Batumi Art School and began studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 2010. In 2018,he continued his MFA studies at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, focusing on painting and graphics. "I WAS ABOUT TO PRAY" is the title of Irakli Mereli's solo exhibition, the main subject of which is poetry and the contemplation of one's soul in an observant manner. Reflecting on his own experience, the author has attempted to create a series of artworks that are metaphorical representations of a comprehensive rethinking. The artworks featured include portraits of gigantic, exaggerated faces, which are worn on a person’s back like the metaphors of unearthly, concealed and invisible matters. This sensation is further enhanced by a vibrant green pigment, which remains at the heart of the narrative and stands out more prominently in the ceramic figures. The host of the exhibition: Gallery 4710
10/05/2023
“For Our Safety '' is the exhibition by Rocko Iremashvili (1979). Standpoint of an artist is "intelligent", a cybernetic creature which is created in a laboratory of a fantasy genre film leaves the reins of management and appears as an independent actor - so does a society, shaping and "production" of which is in the mode of "processing" from the earliest stages of history. “...It is sad to realize that one becomes a spiritualized organ of this inanimate body, one of its driving elements that moves under its guidance.” - Rocko Iremashvili Host of the exhibition: Baia gallery
10/05/2023
“New Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts”. These are the works of 116 Georgian artists that the Signaghi Museum did not hold or represented insufficiently, or since they might have left the country, it was vital to acquire them as rare cultural heritage examples. The new collection demonstrates an impressive picture of Georgian artistic development: A new collection of graphics by 1950s/1970s artists. Acquired works were limited to artists whose creativity made a significant contribution to the development of Georgian graphic art. The collection also includes works acquired after the first group exhibition of non-conformist artists held in the Sighnaghi. Participant artists: Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, Alexander Berdysheff, Besik Arbolishvili, Dato Sulakauri, David Alexidze, Ekaterine Gelovani, Gela Zautashvili, Gia Khutsishvili, Giorgi Mirzashvili, Kakhaber Tatishvili, Karaman Kutateladze, Ketevan Matabeli, Koka Tskhvediani, Leila Shelia, Levan Chichinadze, Levan Chogoshvili, Levan Kharanauli, Levan Margiani, Malkhaz Datukishvili, Mamuka Mikeladze, Nugzar Natenadze, Tamuna Melikishvili, Tato Akhalkatsishvili, Temur Tatanashvili, Zaza Berdzenishvili, Zura Abkhazi, Zurab Gikashvili.
26/04/2023
Artist in Focus • Malkhaz Gorgadze was born in 1941, Tbilisi, to the artist couple-Bidzina and Elene Gorgadze. A ceramist by profession, after graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts (in 1956) he became passionately involved in the process of decorating the city’s walls. Many of the popular mosaic or relief panoramas located in different districts of Tbilisi are examples of his work. The artist experimented boldly with various forms of expression and materials, both when creating mosaic panoramas and paintings, frequently making his own compositions using textiles as well. The paintings, executed on large format canvases with bold strokes of the artist’s brush, manifest a genuine celebration of color and form. It is of significant interest that the stories unfolding in these exotic landscapes were inspired by biblical parables–a theme that the artist has been exploring in his work for decades.
31/03/2023
Tato Akhalkatsishvili(1979) is a Georgian artist. His work unites mystical and surrealistic landscapes with blurred horizons. The artist attempts to reflect his personal transcendent feelings and psychological states that evolve around the internal process of rethinking existential issues, the growth of an individual, and his development in cultural, geopolitical and historical contexts. Solo traveling is a part of Tato’s life and, according to him; it does not happen for inspirational purposes, he travels alone to stay with himself and “listen to silence”. He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1996-2003). Since 2003 Akhalkatsishvili’s works have regularly been shown in Georgia as well as abroad: in Europe, Japan and the USA where he has participated in art fairs, personal and group exhibitions. The exhibited works by Tato Akhalkatsishvili are part of ATINATI’s collection. The exhibition host: ATINATI’S Cultural Center
28/03/2023
Artist in focus • Rusudan Gachechiladze (1936) is modernist sculptor and reformer of Georgian portrait sculpture. She is a member of the 1960s generation of artists. Rusudan Gachechiladze belongs to a small group of sculptors who chose an unbiased artistic path in both the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. Sculptor can present a portrait in a manner, regardless of the fact that he/she is a famous writer or a poet, that a viewer is caught by a desire to explore more about a model, to get better acquainted with a model’s personal adventure, in short, to communicate with the character. The series of gypsum portraits vividly show the influences of important moments in the history of fine art, be it portraits of the Middle Egyptian period with inlaid eyes, realistic busts of the Roman period of the Republic, or expressive Fayium iconography.
25/03/2023
22/03/2023
Artist in focus • Irakli Gamrekeli (1894 - 1943) was a Georgian theater and film painter, a futurist and constructivist artist, also one of the founders of Georgian stage design. Irakli Gamrekeli’s turning point occurred during one such exhibition, when Kote Marjanishvili noticed his illustrations of Oscar Wilde’s “Salome”, and invited the artist to the Rustaveli Theater. He also worked in film production, as well as the creation of decorations for the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater. Irakli Gamrekeli formed an innovative tandem with reformist director Sandro Akhmeteli at the Rustaveli Theatre. Irakli Gamrekeli illustrated the only published edition of the Futurist magazine H2S04. Works are protected in Rustaveli Theatre, Kote Marjanishvili Theatre, Art Palace museum, Gamrekeli Gallery
14/03/2023
#GlimpseinGallery - MOTUS. This exhibition brings together the works of three artists: Levan Kharanauli, Zeinab Barnovi, and Theo Moukhigouli. The showcased artworks, as is expressed in the event’s title (Latin: "MOTUS" meaning moving or moved), are independently linked to the notion of movement, through which the transformation of space-time relations, humankind, and the object itself becomes possible. Theo Mouxigouli’s series of mixed media objects "A Heart for Every Fate", conveys various visual forms from the artist's memory through dynamism, rhythmicity, comprehensive construction of the compositions, and the expressive movements embodied in the objects. The series of self-portraits by artist Levan Kharanauli consists of three works, in which the impact of events on an individual's life path can clearly be read. The self-portraits, which are connected with Levan Kharanauli's return to the creative process, reflect three stages of the artist's life (childhood, youth, and the present day) and are generally related to the path of personality change that brings about unexpected transformation in a person due to the power of circumstance. Artist Zeinab Barnovi created the project “Heroes Square1990-2022”, which visually describes one of the main areas of Tbilisi's urban development in the contexts of culture and architecture - the formation of Heroes Square - while at the same time chronicling individuals and society, their lives and daily routines, as well as the political events taking place around them. Host of the exhibition: Hermit space Curator of the exhibition: Salome Eristavi
01/03/2023
‘An Ocean Standing’ is a group show by Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Kenneth Bergfeld, Bekhbaatar Enkhtur, Nina Kintsurashvili, Anna Zemánková The works presented in “An Ocean Standing” investigate seemingly paradoxical timescale that is both slowed down and intensified, prolonged and charged, organic and synthetic. In histories of performance, strategies of slowing down or stalling activity have been used to call attention to the time of the performance itself. While the artists featured here work with sculpture, painting, drawing and photography, they each address their chosen medium’s relationship to time through similar methods, bringing process and the timescale of making artwork into the room along the way. Michael Marder’s philosophical and existential writing about Clarice Lispector’s essay is the basis of the exhibition. Host of the exhibition Gallery: LC Queisser , Tbilisi
28/02/2023
Artist in focus • Anton Balanchivadze (b. 1978) is a Georgian artist who graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, specializing in Painting and Graphic Arts. The artist creates a model of his universe, where dramatic elements are connected with the world of fantasy. His works are housed in private collections in the USA, Japan and Europe. Seen at the Bridge is a joint exhibition of works by father and son Balanchivadze, bringing together up to 60 paintings by Jarji Balanchivadze and more than 40 canvases by Anton Balanchivadze. Installations created especially for this project were also exhibited. The host of the exhibition is National Gallery
22/02/2023
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY - group show presented by Ria Keburia Foundationunites five Georgian visual artists who have successfully completed a residency program in painting, sculpture and installation. Participant artists: Mari Aqubardia, Giorgi Vardiashvili, Lado Lomitashvili, Nika Koplatadze, Musya Qeburia. Curator Nino Asanidze
20/02/2023
Artist in focus • Mariana Chkonia (b. 1969) is a Georgian artist living and working in Tbilisi and Nukriani – a village in Kakheti Region, Georgia. Based on traditional Georgian and South Caucasian fabric techniques such as dry and wet felting and the use of natural pigments, Chkonia’s work revives ancient traditions that have almost died out in Georgia, thus developing her own unique artistic language. Rooted in her architectural background, Chkonia’s work is spacious: assembling abstract geometrical forms into architectonic arrangements, while adding sculptural elements to the two-dimensional textile work. The Night of the Wolf-Headed King was the name of her solo show that was hosted by E.A. Shared Space. Based on a poem of the same title by experimental filmmaker, artist and poet Gogita Chkonia (1950-2009) her father, the exhibition brings together Chkonia’s recent body of work. which was especially produced for the occasion.
20/02/2023
“Between two worlds” is the name of the exhibition by Rusudan Petviashvili and Dima Petviashvili. Rusudan Petviashvili (1968) is a Georgian artist. Her paintings were exhibited with his brother’s sculptures. Surreal characters are often depicted in Rusudan’s works, and they represent celestial bodies. She depicts a unified world in Indian ink or ink, then moves on to the narration of characters and their adventures; the line is continuous, and it is difficult to discern where she ends up in the knot of symbolic weaving. Exhibition is dedicated to Rusudan Petviashvili’s husband. Host of the exhibition Art Gallery Noblesse