AUSSTELUNG: Hotel Orient / Haus der Künstler in Tbilisi im G. Leonidze Literatur Museum in Tbilissi (facebook.com)

(facebook.com) 28.11.2014 - 18.01. 2015

Die Ausstellung HOTEL ORIENT/HAUS DER KÜNSTLER versucht, einen Schlüssel zur wahren Geschichte des legendären Gebäudes, seinem Mythos und seiner neuen architektonischen Gestalt zu finden. Sie zeigt Artefakte, die ihren inhaltlichen Schwerpunkt an der Schnittstelle von Kunst und Architektur haben. Als Referenz an die Funktion des Salzmann-Baus, des HOTEL ORIENT und des HAUSES DER KÜNSTLER wird der Betrachter eine imaginäre Hotellobby betreten, in der er beim Durchschreiten eine Art visuelle Zeitreise erlebt.

Die Ausstellung wird durch eine umfangreiche Publikation in deutsch und georgisch begleitet, (252 Seiten, S/W, 125 Abbildungen,), der in gleichen Abend präsentiert wird.

KÜNSTLER:
Merab Abramishvili, Gia Bugadze, Lewan Chogoshvili, Mamuka Japharidze, Gia Edzgveradze, Kote Jincharadze, Keti Kapanadze, Karlo Kacharava, Lewan Kharanauli, Luka Lasareishvili, Irakli Parjiani, Koka Ramishvili, Gia Rigvava, Alim Rijinashvili, Lia Shvelidze, Oleg Timchenko, Niko Tsetskhladze, Mamuka Tsetskhladze, Guram Tsibakhashvili, Iliko Zautashvili

KURATORIN DER AUSSTELLUNG: Irène Kurtishvili, Köln / Tbilissi
Das Projekt wurde gefördert durch: ERNST VON SIEMENS KUNSTSTIFTUNG , Goethe-Institut Georgien, DVV International und das G. Leonidze Literatur Museum in Tbilissi
Öffnungszeiten: Di.-Sa. 11:00 bis 18:00
G. Leonidze Literatur Museum in Tbilissi

EXHIBITION: Georgian Contemporary Art on the Vilnius Summit (geoplatforma.blogspot.de)

(geoplatforma.blogspot.de) Georgian art world is also getting ready for the Vilnius summit; Gala Gallery, sponsored by the Georgian Ministry of Culture will present the Georgian Contemporary art to the wider European audience. Gala gallery belongs to the list of the few Georgian galleries who pay attention to the concept and context of their exhibitions. The series of Kote Sulaberidze, Vakho Bughadze and Murtaz Shvelidze take the central stage in the exposition curated by Dedika Bulia and Vato Tsereteli for the Kalnas gallery, Vilnius.

Dedika Bulia: ‘All three of the painters closely cooperate with the gallery and we have accomplished many projects together. All of them are the generation of 90s. These painters share the European value system and their art reflects their pro-European orientation, but at the same time do not lose their distinctiveness.’ Gala gallery is the first to have Georgian artan opportunity to present themselves to the European audience. The owner of the gallery and the author of the concept for the exhibition, Dedika Bulia claims to aim at presenting the good quality Georgian art and those artists, who strive for producing art of European standards.

The last two exhibitions - Jump by Murtaz Shvelidze and Vakho Bughadze’s Asprovalta are the two shows that the Lithuanian team have seen while visiting Georgia, consequently choosing the Gala gallery. The Jump is a series of 13 canvases. The 12 of them, dramatically cropped portray different people in various settings fixing their shoelaces. It is fascinating to see the shoes composing portraits of people. However, the point is that individuals regardless their social standing or the lifestyle, still create artificial problems and restrictions for themselves. The series culminates in a large canvas named Jump. The girl is portrayed in the process of jumping; as the other canvases, the depicted angle is unusual- her dress and legs floating in the air are the focus. The blue sky, green grass, thin dress create careless mood- such a contrast to the tight sneakers and uncomfortable shoes. This is the freedom, all of us have a potential of that we resist for no reason.

Asprovalta by Vakho Bughadze drastically differs from Murtaz Shvelidze's lively, almost toxic colours, however, it fits in perfectly in the gloomy palette of the painter. The focus of the series is the abandoned houses and homeless dogs, which echo many social problems of today. The faintly defined high-rise buildings translate the grey feel the city has attained; the windows indicated by grey rectangles hint on the non-existent life behind them; the dog alike figures on the foreground are destined for solitude. All of this is engulfed into pinkish mist, revealing a hint of hope that keeps these creatures alive. According to the painter these series reveal the memories from the past: the life he had been living and the unclear world, a desire or waiting for change and novelty.

The Sky-24 hours by Kote Sulaberidze has been exhibited in the Gala gallery while hosting the Artisterium V. The fragment from the painting is used as a poster for the exhibition. It is quite common for the artist to compose an artwork from multiple canvases; the Sky-24 Hours is made of 24 standard sized canvases, illustrating the sky and objects flying across it on different times of a day. Sometimes this is an airplane, angels or bombs, birds and strippers. Kote Sulaberidze: ' the Sky- 24 hours is a metaphor for life. Everything happens under the sky. All of us live under the sky. The bombs fall from the sky and the almighty God is also in the sky. Sometimes it rains and at times the warm sun is shining. This contrast makes it captivating and mysteriously beautiful.' Kote Sulaberidze is always modest when he has to talk about his art. His oeuvre reflects the lyricism, enthusiasm and inexhaustible optimism of the artist. His very aesthetic art never loses the humoristic touch, even when referring to some of the most acute social problems.

Kote Jincharadze has presented an installation System of Coordination- IV dimension. ‘The installation places Georgia on the geopolitical system of coordinates of the world.The ¾ of the coordinate system are the spaces reflected in the mirror, creating intersections of the trajectories- a kind of crossroad. The vectors of 4 different colours personifying countries, cross each other corresponding to the political interests and relations of these countries.

Red- Russia
Blue- West (Europe, USA)
Green- East (Asia)
Yellow- China

The mirror offers audience the visual trajectory of Georgia’s positioning and development. Each of the spectators can choose a rectangle and place it on the surface of the mirror, therefore, stating their opinion about the aspirations of Georgia.’ According to the artist this is the visualization of the value system. The interactive artwork is a kind of sociological research, when the audience reflected in the mirror record their opinion and the desirable future for Georgia. As Kote says every time he puts up the installation, the blue squares are always winning indicating the pro-European orientation of the Georgian society.

The Constructive Dialogue by Oleg Timchenko is about the newest history of Georgia, which exceeded the locality and became world news, namely the August war of 2008. Timchenko has summarised the provoking reasons, his attitude and the aftermath mood in the video collage. 'A fragment is taken from the film-ballet Othello. The flags of USA and Russia are inserted as the background. The most tragic fragment from the dance of Vakhtang Chabukiani, personifies Georgia. It is not accidental that this is the most dramatic, culminating moment in the ballet. The pain and the feeling of despair that the dancer has masterly translated is identified with the state of Georgia.' It was vital for the exposition presented on the summit to include the politics, especially the August war.

Vato Tsereteli curates Video Art section demanded by the Lithuanian side. Vato, artist himself is a head of CCA. The Center for Contemporary Art besides hosting some very interesting exhibitions takes students for a non-formal MA program. CCA provides the vital knowledge and freedom to the future artists that academy of fine arts in Tbilisi lacks. The artist sees the center as one of his artworks. 'I find it forced to discuss the contemporary art; art does not need specifying whether it is contemporary or not. What makes art contemporary is its relation to reality and time it is created in.’

Vato during his stay in Vilnius has to deliver a public lecture. 'It will concern the creative and art practices that are little known or defined, at least in Georgia. For example, we have an educational program, which in itself is an artistic product. I would like to talk about creativity not in terms of producing art, but other processes, for example creativity in the educational system. My lecture will be about the new territories in art. Our center is an exciting synthesis of the educational and exhibition practices, which in itself is an accidental discovery and has a promising perspective. Everyone is creative, but the artist is ingenious by profession, therefore, I think they should use this and it should exceed the gallery space and integrate into other spheres. For example we have a course of art and eco-farming; this is not about Land Art or exhibiting vegetables in a museum space, but about incorporating the capabilities and being productive into that domain.

Georgian society itself is marginalised and it is not the fault of people. I think this is a deeply traumatised society as a consequence of the Soviet Union and the following, 20 years; but we have agreed that this has to change. The society has to develop itself, has to awaken the sense of responsibility and desire to participate for us to form into a democratic country. Education plays the key role that's why we have the programs and courses. In my opinion contextual knowledge is vital, any human being needs to know and realise the context they wake up to, I mean awakening to the consciousness; when you do not have a clue about the reality you live in, the geo-political environment, historical and cultural heritage, you are not adequate; hence, the anachronistic moments in art as well as life. Art that is based on imagination has the ability to help the people lacking it. Koka Ramishvili has noticed that there is no science fiction genre in Post-Soviet countries, because this part of the brain, responsible for creative thinking is dumbed out. Art has the ability to activate it, so that people recognize their potential. This might prove crucial.'-Vato Tsereteli.

For the exposition Down Up Vato Tsereteli has chosen videos the Drawing Lesson, 2001 by Koka Ramishvili, Eye Trees,2003 Mamuka Japharidze and the Gripes, 2012 by Nino Sekhniashvili.

Vato Tsereteli: 'I have selected the artworks and not the artists. These videos are referential because of their complexity and visual quality. It is personal too; these are the artists I closely cooperate with. They relate to the exhibition contextually rather than thematically. The people living between the West and Georgia have produced these videos. Therefore, they seem to unite the two realities. The intensity and the accumulated energy of these works were the main attraction for me.'

Koka Ramishvili reverses the process of drawing and the video begins with the sketch being erased. The deconstructed painting stays in the memory. Therefore, art becomes writing, the drawing becomes a notebook; the story of an individual isolated from his usual habitat is written as a result. Ramishvili has created the Drawing Lesson after moving to Geneva. This video has marked the return to image that the artist had abandoned for 10 years. Koka Ramishvili:' back then this video went against the conventional video art production. I was creating something radical and eccentric. This was the biography I was writing with the drawn pictures. The sketches themselves were of quite low quality because my focus was the montage. I have created a sculpture in a virtual space, at that stage I was exploring compression and decompression. It was important for me to show the prohibited in the West, I wanted to portray the manual labor.' It is fascinating to observe Ramishvili opposing the drawing, as the traditional medium to the innovatory video; the two seemingly incomprehensible media create the art that highlights the craftsmanship in drawing. The soundtrack, the sound of lead pencil scratching the paper points to the acoustic side of the job. Employing the montage the artist breaks the central myth of the documentary and objective nature of video.

Nino Sekhniashvili is a very interesting conceptual artist. The Nectar Gallery is one of her projects in the Georgian Art scene. The expositions always manage to surprise the audience with the unlikely emphases. This is the only gallery that hosts the risky and alternative art, like the recent exhibition of Kutaisi and Tskaltubo artists.

The video Gripes was created while living in Zurich. 'In the Finnegan’s Wake there is an episode from Aesop's fable the Fox and the Grapes. Joyce customizes this with the different language, actually, no language at all. I have put the text onto the recording in the foam plastic factory- the huge objects were floating defying the gravity laws. At the time when I lived in Zurich on scholarship, I was attending the readings in the James Joyce society, which were quite comical for me, as they sounded delirious; therefore, I decided to work on the text. Gibberish is very important to me, as I often find myself incapable of expressing my thoughts.'- says Nino Sekhniashvili.

In Mamuka Japharidze’s video the trees resemble the human faces with the help of optical illusions. The mysterious feel of the video plays with the imagination of the spectator and lets them decide the narration and culmination for themselves. Mamuka Japharidze is the artist who has directed his creative potential into farming and has an Art farm in Shindisi, where he combines art and eco-farming; he also tries to engage the students and reads the lectures about soft farming to them.

The exhibition Down Up opened on the 20th of November, Vilnius,Lithuania, Gallery Kalnas and will last for a month. 

More Art here >>>

SOLO EXHIBITION: In Art Gallery proudly in New York presents Oleg Timchenko’s “Auto Portrait” - opening June 6 (artefuse.com)

Janis Joplin

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Adolf Hitler

Marilyn Monroe

(artefuse.com) In Art Gallery (www.inartgallery.com) – New York’s premier art gallery representing the most sought after Georgian artists and their fine artwork – is proud to present “Auto Portrait,” a solo exhibition featuring new work by Georgian artist Oleg Timchenko. “Auto Portrait” will open on Wednesday, June 6 and will be on view at 25CPW Gallery, located at 25 Central Park West at 62nd Street in New York City (www.25cpw.org) through Tuesday, June 12.


“Auto Portrait” is comprised of over a dozen paintings inspired by prominent figures that have greatly influenced society within the last century. Strategically intended to open prior to Father’s Day, the series of paintings from “Auto Portrait” will feature notorious automobiles that were once driven by legendary leaders and celebrities. From Janis Joplin and John F. Kennedy (pictured above) to Adolf Hitler and Marilyn Monroe, the series of artwork will feature automobiles along with a citation from the celebrities that once drove in them. This will be the second exhibition presentation from Oleg Timchenko in New York City, following his “Come Together” exhibit from fall 2011.


“I have been thinking about this concept for a long time and I am very proud to be exhibiting these pieces in June,” explains Oleg Timchenko. “The paintings in this particular exhibit are portraits of famed individuals, only they are not present in the paintings. Like they say dogs resemble their masters, I believe that every car resembles the personality and image of its owner. Marilyn Monroe, for example, once drove a vehicle that emulated her femininity and sex appeal, while someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is known for his strength and sturdy build, has driven a Hummer. In my “Auto Portrait” exhibit you will see just that, automobile portraits resembling their celebrity counterpart accompanied by a quotation from them.”


“Georgian art is very eclectic, colorful and lively and unfortunately, the diverse style is not represented enough in the USA.”


“It is In Art Gallery’s mission to recognize and promote such unparalleled artists such as Oleg Timchenko and to realize the potential to attract a broad, culturally diverse audience,” adds Inna Elua and Teah Murvanidze, art curators and co-founders of In Art Gallery.


Oleg Timchenko’s paintings have been exhibited all across Europe. His works are in the permanent collections of prestigious museums such as Tsaritsino Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia, Tbilisi Museum of Contemporary Art and Ludwig Museum, Budapest in Hungary and remain in private collections coveted by personal collectors such as Wolfgang Flatz, President Saakashvili, and Badri Patarkachishvili – among others.

For over three decades, contemporary Georgian artist and co-founder of the 10th Floor Group, Oleg Timchenko has never ceased to amaze audiences and art collectors worldwide. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (former Soviet Union) in 1957, Oleg discovered his passion for the arts at a young age. In pursuing this passion, he graduated from The Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, one of the oldest and largest art academies in Caucasus, Georgia, where he now teaches as a professor. 


Oleg is notorious for his expressive, colorful paintings paired with meticulous attention to detail. In his artwork, he often recognizes symbolic, bizarre or dream-like objects, while his other paintings are of a more classical style.




“AUTO PORTRAIT”ART EXHIBIT, JUNE 6-12For further information on Oleg Timchanko’s exhibit and location information, or to view his artwork from previous exhibits, please visit www.inartgallery.com.

(212) 877-5551Press 

Contact: Eda Kalkay 

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PHOTOGRAPHY: The Georgian Levan Kherkheulidze.

more: www.lightstalkers.org
 

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www.lightstalkers.org (Mental Hospital in Tbilis, Georgia.)

EXHIBITION: Oleg Timchenko’s Exhibition ~ Come Together ~ in New York (inartgallery.com)

October 25 - November 6, 2011
at Art Bazaar
175 7th Avenue, NY NY - corner of 20th street

more: inartgallery.com/artists/oleg-timchenko

ART: Wear a Pair. 100 years of tango in Europe (flickr.com)

EXHIBITION: Oleg Timchenkos Gamopena, Gala Gallery Tbilisi, opening 07.05.2010

Gala Gallery
Gallery on Atoneli
Addr: 27 Atoneli St.
Tbilisi
Tel: +995 32 93 14 18
Mob: +995 99 42 54 14; +995 95 20 30 69
Website: gala.info-tbilisi.com

EXHIBITION: Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi

L’Ambassade d’Ukraine & l’Ambassade de Géorgie en France
ont le plaisir de vous inviter au vernissage
de l’exposition

Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi
Lieu, Temps, Evènement
le jeudi 20 mai 2010 à 19h

Cocktail

Espace Culturel
de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine
22, avenue de Messine
Paris 75008

Plus d’infos sur : www.mfa.gov.ua/france - www.france.mfa.gov.ge
www.mari.kiev.ua - www.caravansarai.org - www.artisterium.org - www.art.gov.ge

Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi
Lieu, Temps, Evènement
Exposition du 07 mai au 01 juin 2010

Espace Culturel de l’Ambassade d’Ukraine
Du lundi au vendredi
De 9h30 à 13h et de 14h30 à 19h

22, avenue de Messine, Paris 75008
Métro Miromesnil, ligne 9
www.mfa.gov.ua
Renseignements 01 43 59 03 5

Stations Paris - Kiev - Tbilissi / Lieu, Temps, Evènement
Les organisateurs présentent des photographies & des vidéos d’artistes français, ukrainiens & géorgiens. La thématique de l’exposition est « Lieu, Temps, Evènement ».

Artistes : Zura Arabidze, Jacques Crenn, Igor Gaidai, Shalva Khakhanashvili, Chrystyna
Kushch-Katrakis, Luca Lazar, Belka Meskhishvili, Yuri Mechitov, Uwe Ommer,
Edouard de Pazzi, Anton Solomoukha, Viktor Sydorenko, Pierre Terrasson,
Arthur Thévenart, Oleg Timchenko, Thierry Valencin & Iliko Zautashvili.

Evènement : Le vendredi 28 mai 2010 à 17h des rencontres professionnelles seront organisées avec les participants, accompagnées de projections & suivies de débats. La styliste Lolita Meski présentera sa collection de mode 2010/11 et son équipe de création.

Organisation : Caravansarai Echanges Artistiques, AS EditProd, Centre de Coordination Globale Culture & Art – CGCCA & l’Association Artisterium
Contact : shalvak@free.fr
+33 6 16 71 28 26

Commissaires : Shalva Khakhanashvili, Anton Solomoukha & Magda Guruli

Coordination : Elena Cahn

Itinéraire de projet :
- Centre Culturel d’Ukraine, du 07 mai au 01 juin 2010, Paris
- La Grande Galerie de l’Institut d’Art Moderne d’Ukraine, Septembre 2010, Kiev
- Artisterium III Festival, du 02 au 10 Octobre 2010, Tbilissi

Avec le soutien de :
l’Ambassade de Géorgie en France, l’Ambassade d’Ukraine en France,
Le Centre Culturel Français de Géorgie, l’Institut d’Art Moderne de l’Académie des Beaux Arts d’Ukraine, Lolita Meski Paris & la Galerie Taïss

Zura Arabidze, Зура Арабiдзе, zura arabiZe
Stop Agression, 3 photos sur toile , 120x120cm, 2009

Jacques Crenn, Жак Кренн, Jak kreni
www.jacquescrenn.com Roms à Massy, 50x50cm, 2009

Igor Gaidai, Iгор Гайдай, igor gaidai
www.photogaidai.org l’Usine Titan, 180x60cm, 2000

Shalva Khakhanashvili, Шалва Хаханашвiлi,
Salva xaxanaSvili
www.shalvak.com Camp de réfugiés, Géorgie, 2008

Chrystyna Kushch-katrakis, Христина Кущ-Катракiс,
qristina kuSC-katrakis
www. chrystynakatrakis.com Family Tree II, 2010

Luca Lazar, Лука Лазар, luka lasareiSvili
www.lucalazar.com Repeating History 60x60cm, 2008

Belka Meskhishvili, Велка Месхшвiлi,
belka mesxiSvili
www.belka-art.com Stalinland, 100x130cm, 2007

Yuri Mechitov, Юрiй Мечiтов, iuri meCiTovi
www.mechitov.net
Portrait de Serguei Paradjanov, Tbilissi 4 août 1986, 50x65cm

Uwe Ommer, Уве Оммер, uve omeri
www.uweommer.eu 1000 Familles, 2000

Anton Solomoukha, Антон Соломуха, anton solomuxa
www.antonsolomoukha.com Les Tricheurs, 90x95cm, 2007

Victor Sydorenko, Вiктор Сидоренко, viqtor sidorenko
www.sydorenko.kiev.ua
Projet multimédia, Authentification, photo 160x137cm 2006

Pierre Terrasson, Пьер Террассон, pier terasoni
www.photo-terrasson.com Serge Gainsbourg, 50x60cm

Oleg Timchenko, Олег Тимченко, oleg timCenko
Série de photos Bucephalus 50x65cm & 30x30cm

Thierry Valencin, Тьеррi Валенсан, tieri valensani
www.thierryvalencin.com Paris 50x60cm, 1993

Iliko Zautashvili, Iлiкo Заутaшвiлi, iliko zautaSvili
www.artisterium.org Room #708 Busan, 2009 40x50cm

Edouard de Pazzi & Arthur Thévenart, Едуард де Паццi
& Артюр Тевенар, eduard de paci & artur tevenari
www.photosgraphies.com

Roustavi, Aires Post-Industrielles, Géorgie 2007 (vidéo)

EXHIBITION: Oleg Timchenkos - "Reflection" in the New Gallery "Telescope"

Exhibition will be opened on 16.10.2009 at 6pm, 8/10 Erekle II str.
E-mail: btsikoridze@yahoo.fr

FESTIVAL: Fest i Nova International Festival Of Contemporary Art Garikula'09, Akhalkalaki, Georgia (garikula.org)

Fest i Nova will host artists from Austria, France, Georgia, Netherlands, United States of America.

The "Foundation of Revival and Development of Cultural Heritage of Shida Kartli / Georgia" will launch this year a new Festival of Contemporary Art in the Art Villa Garikula / Ahkalkalaki (5th of August - 25th of October '09). The Chairman of the Foundation - Karaman Kutateladze - will host artists from Austria, Georgia, France, Netherlands and the United States of America. The artists are invited to realize individual projects in the frame of the given context "pavilion". The goal of each project is to create a specific platform in order to faciliate the exchange of artistic views as well as to stimulate different practises of contemporary art.
The first part of the International Art Festival "FEST I NOVA - Garikula '09" will start on August the 5th with the Austrian project "ici GARIKULA", followed by American, Dutch, French and Georgian presentations.
An exhibition - dedicated to Kirill and Ilia (ILIAZD) Zdanevitch - will take place at the National Museum of Georgia, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Georgia, the Centre Alexandre Dumas and ART VILLA GARIKULA.

Participants:
AUSTRIA / Simonetta Ferfoglia & Heinrich Pichler (gangart), Gilbert Bretterbauer, Tina Bepperling, Isabel Becker and art critic Carola Platzek.
FRANCE / Jean Dupuy, Emile Laugier, Aurele "Lost Dog" and Elisa Fantozzi
GEORGIA / Oleg Timchenko, Guga Kotetishvili, Vakhtang Bughadze, Karaman Kutateladze, Givi Nonikashvili, Nino Morbedadze, Rezo Gogolashvili, Gogi Okropiridze, Vakhtang Tsereteli, Koka Ramishvili and Mamuka Japaridze
NETHERLANDS / Anouk Sluizer, Jeanette Groenedaal and Zoot Derks
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA /
Nanuka Tchitchoua, Travis Wade Ivy, Eva Salina Primack, Aurelia Shrenker Fest i Nova's new guest: HUMAN EMOTION PROJECT Human Emotions documented visually by international artists using film or video.
By employing the largest palette of creative possibilities, film and video artists from around the world strive to externalize those complex driving forces that we all enjoy and endure and that bind us, as humanity, together despite our differences.

Participants:
Joas Sebastian Nebe "Losing control" Germany (00:57)
Behjat Omar "Bird" Kurdistan/UK (01:14)
Bijan Moosavi "Urban ride" Iran (05:50)
Robertina Sebjanic & Nika Autor"Niro" Slovenia (02:16)
Danny Germansen "Isolation and loneliness" USA (01:59)
Alison Williams (with Lisa Walker) "White as snow" RSA (02:07)
Agricola de Cologne "Silent cry" Germany (03:05)
Lemeh42 "Et dukkehjem" (Faticart Group - Italy) (02:19)
Luca Curci & Fabiana Roscioli "Impossible love" Italy (06:07 )
Anders Weberg "Undisclosed beauty" Sweden (03:13)
Masha Yozefpolsky "Error lips" Israel (03:34)
Irina Gabiani "The slaves of the system" Luxembourg (02:29)
Bill Millett "The book" UK (06:46)
Debbie Douez "Sadness" Spain (02:18)
Richard Jochum "Mama" USA (01:34)
Alberto Guerreiro "Absent" Portugal (03:30)
Michael Chang "Concerto azzurro" Denmark (06:10)
Maryam Fakhimi "Untitled (In the name of God)" Iran (09:20)
Mads Lungdahl "The source" Denmark
Michal Brzezinski "Mnemosyne" Poland (14 min..)
Karina Smigla Bobinski "Routen" Germany

Director: Karaman Kutateladze / GE

Curators and coordinators of projects:
Tina Bepperling / Isabel Becker / Gogi Okropiridze / Guela Tsouladze / Ketevan Kvinikadze / Ketevan Okropiridze / Maya Simonia / Nanouka Tchitchoua / Alison Williams/ Irina Gabiani

Managers:
Revaz Gogolashvii / Khatuna Mzarelua

Collaborators:
Revaz Apkhazava

Partners & Sponsors:
Ministry of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport of Georgia
Federal Ministry for European and International Affaires of Austria
Federal Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport of Austria
AIRZENA
French Embassy in Georgia
Centre Culturel Francais Alexandre Dumas
CGCCA Centre for Global Coordination of Culture and Art
PCN Platform for Cultural Networking
Kulturschmiede

Link: www.garikula.org

EXHIBITION: The Contemporary Art Club presents exhibition “Stop waiting Georgia” (actualart.ge)

The exhibition opening on Friday , June 12, 2009 , 6:00 pm and run through June 19, 2009 at Tbilisi Historical Museum – Carvasla.
( 8, Sioni Str. 0105 Tbilisi Georgia. Tel: 92 32 27)

In august after aggressive actions of Russian military forces stressful and depressive condition and the nihilism is still strong in wide society of Georgia.
The aim of the exhibition is actual art should transform vital images by its artistic-aesthetic concept, making a strong social impact, so as the notion of actuality obtains new sense, where any action of an artist is directed to involve psychologically and emotionally the Georgian society in the rehabilitation process of the country after war.

participating artists :
Irina Gabiani, Sophia Cherkezishvili, Thea Telia, Maka Batiashvili, Levan Kakabadze, Erna Dolmazova, Liza Osephaishvili, Nino Biniashvili, Oleg Timchenko.

Curators:
Alexandra Gabunia and Nino Gujabidze

Websites:
www.actualart.ge
www.museum.ge

E-mail:
cac@actualart.ge
info@museum.ge

Working hours: Everyday except Monday
10.00 – 18.00

ART: One-day Exhibition OPEN UP at Open Air Ethnography Museum

Turtle Like road, Tbilisi. (Painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, poster)


Take part: Murtaz Shvelidze, Maka Batiashvili, Oleg Timchenko, Sophia Cherkezishvili, Niko Tsetskhaldze, Liza Osephaishvili, Nino Biniashvili, David Alexidze, Thea Telia, Gia loria, Guram Thibakhashvili, Ira Kurmaeva, Gela Kintsurashvili, Irina Abzhandadze, Natela Grigalashvili, Tamuna Melikishvili ...

Exhibition will be opened on June 1, 2009, from 20:00pm to 23:00pm .

VIDEO ART: Rustavi Extravaganza. Staring Oleg Timchenko. Produced by Hans Heiner Buhr

Last year after the war beetween Russians, Georgians and other people I was together with Hans Heiner Buhr, Oleg Timchenko, Rusiko Oat, Lela Meparishvili, Otari Laliashwili, Murtaz Svelidze, Avto Meskhi and other people in Rustavi. Heiners Idea was to made an artistical short film about a russian soldier. This Russian Soldier was a long time looking for his big enemy. After more than 60 years he hunted out him in the mountains nearby the city Rustavi ... A sneakpreview can you see here. Next time more in the New Art Cafe in Tbilisi.

ART: communicative action ... Ein Brief aus München

bis donnerstag, 16. oktober läuft im zk-max noch tag und nachtdas video "tender transitory transport", das koka ramishvili, nika machaidze und ich für den 850. geburtstag münchens gemacht haben.

aber auch unsere compilation "tbilisiDEEPsound, music videos by tbilisi artists", die misha und olegs video "dancing in the streets" enthält, das heisst, es gibt ihr video z.zt. in münchen und in leipzig/dresden, das ist fantastisch und ebenso, dass sofi babluanis ( die nummer 1 von tbilisiDEEPARTmagazine) arbeiten bei diesem festival in leipzig zu sehen sind.

ab 25. oktober ist patricia london ante paris wieder in tiflis und bereite das projekt "communicative action" (siehe anhang) fuer die ausstellung artisterium vor, dessen 3. teil "refugee children paint with patricia london ante paris and koka ramishvili, collaboration, 2008", eine weitere zusammenarbeit sein wird.

auf der seite des goethe instituts ist die arbeit von simone westerwinter zu sehen, die gerade eine hervorragende show bei www.parrotta.de hat.

ausserdem wird auch tina bepperling, die sich zur zeit in tiflis aufhält, eine tolle arbeit"birsha" für die internationale ausstellung und konferenz "ARTISTERIUM" machen, die von 4. bis 9. november 2008 in tiflis stattfindet.

mit lieben grüssen
patriciapatricia london ante paris, elvirastr. 4/ rgb. 80636 münchen, tel. 123 3916

/ / / Z K M a x _ _ _ präsentiert:

24. September bis 16. Oktober 2008

"850" - CONTEMPORARY ARTS PROGRAM - REVISITED
mit Expedition Medora, Patricia London Ante Paris, Marius Pfannenstiel, Koka Ramishvili
Eröffnung: Dienstag, 23. September 19.30 Uhr
Einführung: Dr. Elisabeth Hartung und Christian Gögger

( Diavortrag "Löwen und Hunde" von Marius Pfannenstiel am Dienstag ca. 21 Uhr )
Aus dem Kunstprogramm für den Wittelsbacher Platz - kuratiert von Dr. Elisabeth Hartung anläßlich des Münchner Stadtjubiläums - präsentieren wir eine kleine Auswahl. Die Absicht diese Arbeiten nachträglich aus dem vielfältigen Trubel der 850-Jahrfeier herauszuheben ist, ihnen die gebührende Aufmerksamkeit zukommen zu lassen. Gelegenheit, dem feinen Witz Marius Pfannenstiels nach zuspüren, sich der Poesie des Umherschweifens in Tiflis, der georgischen Hauptstadt, in "tender transitory transport" aufzuschliessen und den starken Impetus der Gruppe “Expedition Medora" zu erfahren, der aus einem 'patchwork' individueller Sozialisation inmitten einer fremden Kultur entstand. Die teilweise als Auftragsarbeiten zum 850sten entstandenen Beiträge behaupten ihr Potential jenseits des Spektakels w.z.b.w.

Expedition Medora "Die Probe", 2008, 15' (im Zusammenspiel mit einem einstündigen Videoprogramm)
Für kurze Zeit verändert sich alles. In geliehenen Kleidern und mit Geschichten auf den Lippen, geht Expedition Medora die Herausforderung, das schwierige Unterfangen ein, sich Traditionen anzueignen. Die Stadt dreht sich nicht mehr um sich selbst, um scheinbar, wie sonst immer, alles Fremde zu verschlingen, Anpassung und gleichzeitige Verweigerung werden transparent und hinterfragt. Auch wenn die alltägliche "Leichtigkeit des Seins" bildhaft transportiert wird, sind kein einzelner Schritt und kein einzelnes Wort innerhalb dieser Choreografie auf die leichte Schulter zu nehmen. Ob die heutige Probe (auf dem Dach der Residenz zu München) gelingt, liegt im Auge des Betrachters, der humorvolle Ernst des neu erzeugten, ungewohnten Zustands in der besonderen Handschrift der Expedition Medora.
Expedition Medora: Shirin Damerji, Claudia Djabbari, Andrea Faciu, Sandra Filic, Peggy Meinfelder, Miriam Shiran und Christine Tanqueray.

Marius Pfannenstiel "Löwen und Hunde" (Diavortrag)
Der Bildhauer und Fotograf zeichnet den Alltag der Zivilisation fotografisch auf. Die Menschen selbst sind dabei lediglich durch ihre Produkte oder die Spuren ihrer Aktivitäten vertreten. Aus einem umfangreichen Bilderfundus kombiniert der Künstler für seine Diavorträge Bildsequenzen, die sich ohne Rücksicht auf zeitliche und örtliche Zusammenhänge, jedoch meistens einem konkreten Thema verpflichtet und von gesprochenem Text begleitet, zu visuellen Assoziationsketten formieren. Unter dem Titel 'Löwen und Hunde' wird Münchner Terrain durchstreift, das Oktoberfest besucht und der städtische Alltag ausgiebig von einem Fenster im Fünften Stockwerk aus betrachtet. Gelegentlich kann auch ein kurzer Ausflug stattfinden.

Patricia London Ante Paris (Text), Koka Ramishvili (Video), "tender transitory transport", 2008, 10 '
„Tender transitory transport“ ist ein filmisches Umherschweifen in der georgischen Hauptstadt Tiflis. Die grafische Bearbeitung der Bilder korreliert mit dem gesprochenen Text und der unterlegten Musik von Nika Machaidze. Die Erkundung der Stadt als Architektur, als politischer Raum und als Klimazone hat poetische Wurzeln. Es entsteht eine suggestive, psychosoziale Stadtlandschaft. Auch hier ist noch eine weitere Arbeit präsent: zusammengestellt und unter Beteiligung der beiden Protagonisten sind das Musikvideos von Künstlern aus Tiflis kompiliert 2008, Laufzeit 25 Minuten, mit: Natia Arabuli, Magda Guruli, Iliko Zautashvili, Mamuka Japhardize, sTia Nastia sartania, Misha Shengelia, Oleg Timchenko und Dima Dadiani.

Projektleitung ZKMax: Christian Gögger
Organisation: Verena Bader
Technik: Dirk Neumann, Achim Göbel (ZKM)

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showroom: Passage Maximilianstrasse / Altstadtring
Adresse: ZKMAX, c/o Kulturreferat, Burgstr. 4, D-80331 München
email: christian.goegger@zkmax.de / web: www.zkmax.de

a cooperation of: Landeshauptstadt München Kulturreferat & ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

FOTO:

The Day After in Kakheti / Lagodekhi

Artists from left: Oleg Timchenko, Murtaz Svelidze, Otari Laliashwili

& Hans Heiner Buhr

PAINTING:

Oleg Timchenko: Babuschka

Photo on October 27, 2007 by Ralph Hälbig

Paintings from Oleg Timchenko (Set)

DOCUMENTARY:

Nationality - from Tbilisi, Profession Artist 2002. (OSGF)

The film is about the significance of evaluation and salvage of multiethnic resources traditionally existing in Georgia; how the artist understands multicultural and multiethnic unity, how he regards himself in this space and are these themes actual for him or not.

Artists Participants Oleg Timchenko, Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikova, Gari Daphtian’s puppets & Zhana Daphtian, Ira Kurmaeva, Sophia Cherkezishvili, Temo Japharidze, Erna Dolamazova

Producer: Alxandra Gabunia, Nino Gujabidze, Iliko Zautashvili

Director: Ketevan Gujabidze

Screenplay: Ketevan Gujabidze

Photography: Giorgi Beridze

Editting: Ketevan Gujabidze & Giorgi Imedashvili

Sound recording: Giorgi Beridze

Music: Music of Albion, Ara Gevorkian, Peter Gabriel, Comitas, Louis Armstrong, Charles Aznavour from Gari Daptian’s puppet show “Unkind Puppets do not Exist”

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ART:

Opening today in the Baia gallery Tbilisi:
Oleg Timchenko

At first Oleg Timchenko called his paintings of this series 'Nostalgia". It reminds on the film of Andrej Tarkowsky. Years later he continued this work until today. The paintings are not decorations for tourist or souvenir shops which also you can find in Tbilisi. Nevertheless the are facades, balconies and sights to glimpse. The are fragments of a view of the life. The paintings are not really attractive. The paintings are magic realistic. This work isn't new or especially revolutionary but Timchenko tried once again. That is admirable! I think above all some pictures had turned out well.

open the exhibition on 10 - 19 - 2007 at 7 pm Baia Gallery, 10, Chardin Street
http://www.baiagallery.ge/
mailto:%20btsikoridze@yahoo.de
Tel.: (0099532) 75 45 10 or (0099599) 50 53 02

Paintings from Oleg Timchenko (Set)

Der deutsche Künstler Hans Heiner Buhr besuchte im April den georgischen Maler Oleg Timchenko in seinem Atelier und machte ein paar Fotos:

Studio Oleg Timchenko, Tbilisi April 2007

Uploaded on April 22, 2007 by Hans Heiner Buhr

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Avchala Fine Art

I think Hans Heiner Buhr work most of all for the georgian blogosphere. Here are the newest blog about a Collection of Contemporary Fine Art in Avchala, Tbilisi:

http://avchala.blogspot.com/

Oleg Timchenko, Infanta, 2005, Oil on Canvas