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Drawings and paintings by Shalva Kikodze >>>Shalva Kikodze (Georgian: შალვა ქიქოძე) (1894 – 1921) was a Georgian expressionist painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator. Together with Lado Gudiashvili and David Kakabadze, he is considered a key figure in Georgian art of the early 20th century.
He was born in a remote Georgian village Bakhvi, Guria, then part of the Russian Empire. From 1914 to 1918, he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1916, he took part in an expedition to the Georgian village Nabakhtevi and made copies of the 15th-century murals from the local church. He stayed in his motherland for a short period of 1918-1920, and worked chiefly as a theater decorator for Jabadari Theater in Tbilisi. Afterwards he moved to Paris, where he, together with his fellow painters, Gudiashvili and Kakabadze, held an exhibition in 1921. He died in Freiburg, Germany, on November 7 1921Shalva Kikodze - a Georgian painter – was born
Gallery ”Vernissage” is pleased to invite to the opening of the group exhibition of young painters “Landscape 2”. Levan Abramishvili, Misha Arbolishvili, Giga Kobidze, Gogi Khakhutashvili, Soso Kumsiashvili, Aleksandre Acharadze, Guram Khecuriani, Giorgi Ositashvili, Goga Chedia. The exhibition will last till November 18. The new address of the gallery “Vernissage” is 7 Dzmebi Zubalashvilebi St. Tel: 99 99 02/ 899 563580 Gallery working days: everyday from 12 to 7 pm.
გალერეა “ვერნისაჟი” 12 ნოემბერს, 17 საათზე გიწვევთ ახალგაზრდა მხატვართა ჯგუფურ გამოფენაზე “პეიზაჟი 2” ლევან აბრამიშვილი, მიშა არბოლიშვილი, გიგა კობიძე, გოგი ხახუტაშვილი, სოსო ქუმსიაშვილი, ალექსანდრე აჭარაძე, გურამ ხეცურიანი, გიორგი ოსიტაშვილი, გოგა ჭედია. გამოფენა გაგრძელდება 18 ნოემბრამდე. გალერეა “ვერნისაჟის” ახალი მისამართი: ძმები ზუბალაშვილების ქ. 7, ტელ: 99 99 02 / 899 563580, გალერეა მუშაობს ყოველდღე 12-დან 7 საათამდე.
The International Initiative for Georgian Cultural Studies had been established in 2007 by Georgian Arts and Culture Center in cooperation with various local and International bodies.
The aim of the IIGCS is to introduce scholars and professionals working in the fields of Georgian and Caucasian art and culture to each other and to familiarize international audiences with the broad spectrum of scholarly work that exists in the expanding field of Georgian art history, to establish the networking among the scientists working on Georgian art, familiarize international audiences with the broad spectrum of scholarly work that exists in the ever-expanding field of Georgian art history, the updated information on cultural tourism development.
By doing so, the IIGCS intends to increase the level of academic interest on topics concerning Georgian arts and culture, and preservation of cultural heritage, introduce specialists on Georgian cultural scholarship to other colleagues in their fields and provide them with an unprecedented forum for scientific exchange and therefore affect on the cultural tourism development in the region.
IIGCS ACTIVITIES
Symposiums
Scheduled - November 2-9, 2009, Florence, Italy - Share of the Experience in Creativity and Innovationsacross the Europe and Beyond; The Caucaus: Georgia on the Crossroad
June 21-29, Georgia - Georgian Art in the Context of European and Asian Cultures
Conferences
Scheduled - May 5th, 2009; NY,NY,USA - Georgia on the Crossroads of European and Asian Cultures
February 3, 2009, Tbilisi, Georgia - The Cultural Heritage of Georgia - Abkhazeti and Shida Kartli
April 24, 2007, BY, NY, USA - Georgian Culture- Past and Present
Homepage: www.symposiumgeorgia.org
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ From Mar. 20 to Apr. 5 Arame Art Gallery will host an exhibition and sale for works of Jansem, (Hovhannes Semerdgyan), one of the most prominent artists of Armenian Diaspora. Arame Art gallery, jointly with Flora Jansem Paris Art Gallery, owned by the artist’s daughter, will feature 45 works including oil paintings, graphics and lithography.
Jean Jansem is one of the great artists of Armenian heritage. He was born in 1920 in Seuleuze, (Turkey) and spent his childhood in Salonika, Greece. He arrived in France at the age of 11 where he started painting. He took evening courses in the Montparnasse Quarter in Paris, and graduated from the School of Arts Dératifs in 1938.
Since 1951, Jansem has held exhibitions of his work in all round the world.
