ARTICLE: Fridon Nizharadze - Painter of the Traumas of Svaneti & the World. By Stefan Applis via Georgia Today

Online Version: Fridon Nizharadze - Painter of the Traumas of Svaneti & the World - with more photos [georgiatoday] 

Georgian Perspectives | Fridon Nizharadze – Painter of the traumas of Svaneti and the world [stefan-applis-geographien.com]

More about the author Stefan Applis:
stefan-applis-geographien.com
spacesandpractices.com
twitter.com/doinggeography
photostudio.de/i/stefan-applis
researchgate.net/profile/Stefan_Applis

GEORGIAN ART: Nina Gomarteli interviewed her mother Maka Batiashvili: I Try to Show not Just a Particular Figure I am Drawing, but My Attitude Towards that Figure. via ⁦‪@cbwge‬⁩

(cbw.ge) Maka Batiashili is a Georgian artist who works in painting, book illustration, and video art. Her inspiration comes from the moments of mundane reality that frequently turn into important visual images. The artist grasps moments from ordinary situations, which find participants on the verge, where keeping a balance is required. The key concept for Maka is a person surrounded by an emotional environment and things that constantly balances the situation, and never cross the lines. CBW had an interview with Maka Batiashvili:

Maka Batiashvili and her daughter Nini Gomarteli. Photo: Ralph Hälbig

Your exhibition "Moment of Narcissism" has recently opened. Where did the idea for the title come from?

Narcissism is a slowed down or rigid moment when we focus on ourselves, observe our sights or our senses, and at the same time, get very close to our identity, and start controlling it. At this time, everything is distorted, and there is only "me," and nothing else around it. This is one of the pleasures that our brains and bodies constantly seek. These works have been created with this idea underpinning it, which was displayed at the Project Art Beat Gallery.

What was the work process like, and how did you decide to put it together, or when the time for the exhibition was?

I worked until I had something to say; it's easy to just feel like it’s good enough, completed. At the time, I was completely engrossed in this, and not just during the process of drawing, but also in different situations, observing people, how they behaved, how they looked, how they posed for a photo, and so on. The mind fixes the image, and then some part is realized, from the thoughtful state to the material level. At this point, this topic is over for me, and I chose a new theme to work on after a month-long interval, it’s a good feeling for a fresh start.

Maka Batiashvili. Photo: Ralph Hälbig

The process of working, in general, depends on different attributes. It is like being a child, who constantly needs to be amazed and impressed. At this time, I don't think I am trying anything special, I just prefer to convey everything as simply as possible. I try to show not just a particular figure I am drawing, but my attitude towards that figure.

What makes you the most comfortable at this time?

Everything, good lighting, tranquility, a deliberate pace, sounds coming from the street, the sound of the wind, dogs barking, neighbors shouting, kids shouting in the yard. But by no means music, this time it holds my power because the focus is on it.

What was your education like?

I chose to go to the Academy of Arts, without any fuss. I told my family about my decision, and he immediately received my support. We chose a teacher and started to work with him as a student. My painting teacher was Bezhan Shvelidze, who had 20 students like me. It was a workshop near Nutsubidze Street, now called Pablo Picasso Street. Along the way, I realized that this is how I want to spend my entire life. There were no special restrictions here, there was a sense of freedom and a desire to become an extraordinary artist. Here, I could see so many students painting the same exact still life, yet these paintings would have come out entirely different from one another.

My teacher didn't give me a lot of notes, telling me: ‘’you know the most important thing - how to enjoy drawing, and there’s nothing more important... go on and have fun, darling! I’m always observing you, and you seem to be ecstatic; loving what you do, is the case, can’t be taught by a teacher, although one can create an atmosphere, where a student will study for pleasure, rather than obligation.

I was enrolled in the Academy of Arts in 1992, and it is easy to imagine what the situation there was like at the time. There was chaos in every sense, the first shock was that some of my students were not too keen on drawing. And whoever enjoyed it, would look crazy. It's still unclear to me why they chose this university. For a painting I dedicated my entire life to, the teacher didn't show up to the lecture for an entire year, and many other frustrating stories, but it was still so mysterious and appealing. I remember I arrived there hanging on a trolleybus, only to get there somehow…..because it was a meeting place, a strange and unexpected world that allowed for freedom.

Have you met any famous artist that affected your work?

I participated in a group exhibition recently where one of Natela Iankoshvili's paintings was presented. When I stopped by her drawing, fragments of memories would come out. I was 14 years old when I met her at her at the workshop, perhaps a relative of mine had invited me as a guest. Natela and her husband hosted us. For the first time there, I came across huge, distinct drawings in the artist's workplace. I remember how attentive they were to me, to treat me as an adult, and not as a child, they talked to me, showed me around and explained each painting. At some point, Natela and I were left alone, and she said to me: I haven't seen your paintings, but you have such a deep look your eyes, I believe you can be a good artist. Remember, the most important thing is to have your own distinctive style, for people to recognize it’s you. I tried it, and I think it worked. This is the power of words. As for the visual impact, I think all the artists I’ve ever seen contributed, even a bit.

What role do you think your artworks have, or will have in the future?

I'm bringing colors and lines to this, superficially speaking. I'm just looking for something, constantly. In today' s technological era, we have a continuous stream of information that causes information intoxication, from time to time. The righteous and fictional are intertwined, at such times, and I have a desire to find something very simple and frivolous in the world of these skyscrapers. What role it may play in the future will be decided by time, and by the people.

When did you feel like a success?

A sense of success helps people to keep going in all professions. It is an extraordinary feeling of power and motivation, but I felt successful when I stopped caring about it, and as boring as it may sound, I just go with the flow, I draw in this flow, and everything else comes on its own, with no pressure…

In what profession would you imagine yourself, if you weren’t an artist?

I would be an ecologist, I’m very interested in this field. I love and it hurts. It hurts because most of this world consists of air, and we don't have it in our city. Breathing is a symbol of life and it lacks that aspect here, it brings a sense of helplessness, and I have no power to abandon my socially active life and escape from the centre of the city to live in the village.

Project ArtBeat appeared in the art arena just a few years ago, and it’s always in the spotlight. What is it like collaborating with a contemporary art gallery?

I already knew Natia Bukia when it opened, she bought some of my artwork, then I met Salome Vakhania, and was told about their idea; then, many galleries opened up, but it was a bold move on their part. Because it is a complex and financially unsustainable business. I liked this decision a lot, it was very bold, and thoughtlessly joined them. During these 4 years, they’ve implemented many important projects, and Georgian art has been brought to numerous important art markets, worldwide.

Can you share what the subject of your upcoming series is?

It's a fog driven by two contrasting, masses of warm and cold air, the most mysterious grey quilt in atmospheric events.

More in flickr: Art of Maka Batiashvili

Last Exhibition: Project ArtBeat is pleased to present Maka Batiashvili’s solo exhibition, The Moment of Narcissism.

“It is a moment in which we focus at ourselves, which is illusory and instant, where on the one hand we are represented and on the other our idealized self. Posing and fixing our appearance is what we call our daily life. This is a moment when human approaches his or her inner, non-material world most closely or oppositely getting farer, runs away and puts a mask temporary.

It happens when we look at the mirror, when we are at the street and looking at vitrine of shops while we are glancing our reflections on it and especially when we pose at photo shootings.

Today when we live in digital world and own social networks, we have an amazing possibility to represent the best version of ourselves. Here is place where imaginary and real life meets each other and after all everything becomes as information chaos. Represented works are created by observing and speculating with these moods... and narcissism is considered not as a human flaw but as logical expression of personal identity and controlling of own state”. - Maka Batiashvili

Maka Batiashili works in painting, book illustration, video art, documentary film. Her inspiration is derived from the moments of mundane reality that usually turn into important visual images. The artist grasps moments from the ordinary situations, which find participants on the verge, where keeping balance is required. Key concept for Maka is a person surrounded with the emotional environment and things, who constantly balances the situation and never crosses the limits.

Colored spots on a neutral background are clearly readable. Processing of simple shapes of the drawings is easily observable. Works are dominated by bright colors and simple compositions. The pictures created with tusche on paper are charged with energy.

13 December, 2019 - 26 January, 2020
P. Ingorokva street 14, Tbilisi
You can see additional information about our gallery on our website: www.projectartbeat.com

PICTUREGALLERY: Georgian Artist Rusudan Khizanishvili

Rusudan's approach to both the handling of paint and compositional construction reflects a healthy knowledge of what has come before her, while at the same time clearly display a contemporary set of values and codes of practice. Graduating with a painting degree from the Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Rusudan went on to complete an MA in Media in 2005.



rusudan-khizanishvili.com
artsy.net/rusudan-khizanishvili

ART: Painting and Drawing by Mariam Kandiashvili

Born in 1993 Tbilisi, Georgia. Mariam Kandiashvili started her education in visual art at the age of twelve at a private studio of famous Georgian artists Tamaz and Gia Khutsishvili. After graduating high school she continued her studies abroad. She took a contemporary art preparatory course at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam. Later moved to England and studied illustration for two years at Arts University Bournemouth. In 2016 returned to Tbilisi and continued her artistic practice there.

Kandiashvili’s artworks are focused on various themes such as; Christian mysticism, world mythology, literature and poetry, psychology, aesthetic style and music of western culture of 1950s, 60s and 70s. Her works portray dreamlike and enigmatic worlds, imaginary lands, emotionally expressive portraits, modern day cityscapes, bizarre characters and beasts. Her works are often containing texts and poems created by the author herself. She works with the use of different materials and likes experimentation but chooses oil painting as her main medium.

More: mariamkandiashvili.wordpress.com

Mariam Kandiashvili, “Desert of time” 60x80cm – Oil on canvas – 2011

ERÖFFNUNG: Ausstellung - Seascapes. Arbeiten von dem georgischen Künstler Giorgi Shengelia in Berlin

Eröffnung am 19.01.2018. Von 19.00 bis 21.00 Uhr

GH36
www.gh36.de
Große Hamburgerstr. 36
10115 Berlin-Mitte

Ausstellung vom 19.01. bis 01.02.2018

Öffnungszeiten: Dienstag bis Sontag von 11.00 bis 15.00 Uhr

Oder nach Absprache: Tel. 030 / 22 35 96 30

In seinen Seelandschaften bezieht sich Künstler Giorgi Shengelia auf die Brücke Maler die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts an der Nordseeküste ihre Expressionichen Meeresstücken malten. Kräftige Farbakkorde, expressive Kompositionen zeichnen Giorgi Shengelias malerischen Stil aus. Genauso wie die Brücke Maler ist Shengelia fasziniert von der Nordsee, deren Darstellungen in seinen Bildern atmosphärisch und abstrakt sind. Die Bildflächen atmen Frische und Freiheit. Farben und Gliederung spielen in seiner Kunst eine große Rolle, die schwarzen Bildränder und Konturen geben den Werken besondere Struktur und Ordnung. In abstrakte Bilder oft hinein gemalte geometrische Strukturen wirken dreidimensional und geben der glatten Oberflächen besondere Dynamik. In unserer Zeit des Klimawandels und der zerstörten Ökosystemen, wo die Meeresspigel ständig steigt und mit Überschwemmungen droht, gewinnen Shengelias Meereslandschaften, wo die grenze zwischen Land und Meer verwischt, eine besondere Aktualität.


Homepage: giorgishengelia.com
 
Facebook:
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Biography

Giorgi Shengelia was born in 1977 in the city of Sukhumi, Georgia. He studied art at the Academy of Art in Tbilisi. In the year 2001 Giorgi fled his homeland out of necessity and he washed ashore in The Netherlands.

Since 2003 Giorgi is living and working in the village of Bergen, in Northern-Holland, a safe haven behind the dunes of the North Sea coast. Here Giorgi makes paintings and mixed media mostly. Besides he is working on installations and sculptures. He is even active in photography.

The amount of subjects Giorgi expresses in his work are endless: nature, city life, landscape, daily life, home, love, food, people, as I said: limitless. As a visual artist he is fascinated by the tensions and clashes between the reality and the artificial, the visual and elusive and the past and the future. The sensitive paintings of Giorgi Shengelia range from abstract to figurative, wildly drawn or with great precision, on canvas, paper or wood. All of varying sizes. His expressive sculptures are mostly made out of steel and objects from the scrap-heap. Making art, celebrating life and living in freedom are Giorgi’s keywords for now and the future.

More: artisticresearchencounters.blogspot.de

ART: Tsisia Kiladze - Georgian Painter based in Tbilisi

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Tsisia Kiladze was born in 1975 in Tbilisi, Georgia. She studied from 1992 at the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi, specializing in art history and theory. In 1999-2005 she was a Ph.D. student at the National Chubinashvili Institute for Georgian Art History, where she also promoted in 2005. This was followed by a DAAD scholarship and further education at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, 2010 September. Guest stay supported by Academic Swiss Caucasus Net at the University of Friborg, 2011 a one-year scholarship from DAAD scholarship for a research stay at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Further steps were the restoration and conservation of wall paintings in various churches in Georgia, publication of the book on painted staircases of Tbilisi and "Charm of Tbilisi". Since 2009, she has been teaching at the Chair of Art History at the Academy of Arts and since 2012 she has been a research assistant at the Staatliche Kunstmuseum.

As a painter, she is an autodidact and has been actively painting for years. She's on Various exhibitions and lives and works in Tbilisi.

In April (2016) your personal exhibition in Tbilisi took place in the gallery "Baia".

Born 21.09.1975
62, Chavchavadze Ave., Tbilisi, Georgia
tel: 2 22 -60- 01, mob: 599 90 73 34

Education and proficiency level

1992 - 1997 – studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art, faculty of history of art and architecture
1998 September-1999-January - student of King Street College, London, UK, English course.
1999-2005 – Post-graduate student of Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art, preparation of the
2000-2001- fellowship of the German academic exchange program. Albrecht-Ludwig University of art history, Freiburg, Germany
2002-2006 – art teacher of E.Takaishvili Tbilisi State University of Culture and Art
2002-2006 – internship in G.Chubinashvili Institution of History of Georgian Art.
from 2004 – Executive Director of Information Center of Cultural Heritage of Georgia www.heritage.ge
December 23, 2005 – dissertation in G.Chubinashvili Institution of History of Georgian Art.
2005 – translation of the book “ The History of Art - the introduction " from German into Georgian. The book is published with the financial support of the Fund of protection of historic monuments of Georgia
2005 – 2006 teacher of history of Fine Art and theory in Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art.
from 2006 - officer of the national gallery and the author of the project `Compact Disk about Georgian National Gallery.`
from 2006 – the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Research centre for protection of monuments (NGO)
2006 – coordinator of work on restoration of the temple "Cross of Ascension" of Shiomgvime monastery.
from 2006 – scientific researcher of the G.Chubinashvili national center for Georgian Art History protection of monuments.
2006 – author and manager of the project "Certification of old Tbilisi entrances"
2007 – coordinator of works on restoration of paintings of the Church of Ascension in the village Vejini.
2007 – Fellowship of the German academic exchange program (DAAD), 3 month trip to the Albrecht-Ludwig University of art history, Freiburg, Germany
2008 – participant of the project "Georgian modernism" (web-site)
2008 – author of the Book –` Old Tbilsi Entrances`
2009 – 2010 officer of Department of tourism, Ministry of economics, Tbilisi, Georgia
2009 – coordinator of the project "Conservation works of mural paintings of the Church in Nabachtevi"
2009 – author of the album – "Charm of Tbilisi"
2010 – scholarship for professional study (20.09.2010-28 .09.2010), ASCN (Academic Swiss Caucasus Net), Switzerland Freiburg
October 2011 – January 2012 – DAAD scholarship at the University of Berlin Humboldt for scientific research
from 2012 – coordinator in Educational Department- Georgian National Museum
2015 - scholarship at the Institut of Art History for scientific research, munchen, Germany
from 2016 - teacher in the Tbilisi State Academy of Art
2016-04 Public Lecture in the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery" the role of self-portrait in Shalva Kikodze’s art”

Author of many Articles and Publications about Georgian art.( 2004-2016)

Self - taught artist
Medium - Painting, drawing

Group exhibitions:
2011– Café- Art Gallery, Exhibition, Tbilisi
2013 – Exhibition – Gallery "book Corner"
2013 – Vanda Hobby Gallery
2015.12 – Gallery of G.Chubinashvili national center for Georgian Art History protection of monuments.
2015.02 – Auction for contemporary Georgian art , Tbilisi
2016.01 – Exhibition in Ilia Chavchavadze state university,Tbilisi
2016.03 – Exhebition in Gallery - "Musa" Tbilisi

Solo exhibitions:
2016.04 – Gallery "Baia", Tbilisis
2016.05 – Zentrum "Lyma", Wien
2016.12 – Gallery "Rote Quadrat", Tbilisi

Works held at
Private collections – Georgia, Russia, USA, Germany, France, Italy, Swiss

Languages Georgian, Russian, German, English


more links:
https://www.facebook.com/tsisia.kiladze

RETROSPEKTIVE. Malerei, Zeichnungen, Objekte von Alim Rijinachvili in der Georgischen Botschaft in #Berlin

Eröffnung am Dienstag den 27. Juni 19 Uhr

Georgische Botschaft
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Rauchstraße 11, 10787 Berlin

27.06.2017 -31.08.2017

Malerei, Zeichnungen, Objekte
www.alim-r.de

»Das Leben ist nur ein Spiel«, auch das steht auf der Homepage des 1948 im sowjetischen Moldawien geborenen Künstlers Alim Rijinachvili, »der Tod ist nur ein Spiel«, und auch »Gesundheit und Krankheit sind nur ein Spiel«. Rijinachvili weiß zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits, dass ihm nur noch wenige Tage bleiben, dass er den Diagnosen der Ärzte zufolge die Eröffnung seiner letzten Ausstellung, für ihn die wohl wichtigste überhaupt, nicht mehr selbst erleben wird. Hilft ihm der Gedanke, dass alles nur ein Spiel sei, in diesen Tagen? »Ja, natürlich.« Als Schüler, in der achten oder neunten Klasse, beginnt Rijinachvili, sich für Kunst zu interessieren, fertigt Kopien an von Bildern, die ihm gefallen. Nach der Schule studiert er in Tiflis an der Akademie der Künste, wo er 1973 seinen Abschluss macht. Die Frage, wer ihn künstlerisch beeinflusst hat, kann oder will er nicht beantworten: »Das ist schwer zu sagen, weil es so viele gute Künstler gibt.«

23.06.2016, Jüdische Allgemeine

Alim Rijinachvili
1948 in Moldawien geboren
1951 Übersiedlung nach Georgien
1973 Abschluß an der Akademie der Künste in Tbilissi
1990 Übersiedlung nach Deutschland

Öffentliche Sammlungen
Arbeiten von Alim Rijinachvili befinden sich in öffentlichen Sammlungen in verschiedenen Ländern:
Museum des Ostens, Moskau
Galerie der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Tbilissi
Galerie der Avantgarde Mars, Moskau
Galerie Express-Avantgarde, Moskau
Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen;

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
1989 Tbilissi, ausgezeichnet mit einer Medaille für die beste Arbeit des Jahres
1992 Galerie „Orbis Pictus“, Berlin
1993 Jüdische Galerie, Berlin
1994 „Allianz Haus“, Berlin
1998 Galerie Anton, Berlin
2003 Jüdische Galerie, Berlin
2008 Galerie SON, Berlin
2009 Galerie WANDA, Tbilissi, Georgien
2009 Galerie BAIA, Tbilissi, Georgien
2009 Spreepalais am Dom
2013 Galerie BB, Berlin-Baku, Berlin
2016 Galerie BB, Berlin-Baku, Berlin „Der letzte Marsch"

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
1989 Ausstellung georgischer Künstler, Berlin
1991 Ausstellung jüdischer Künstler, Erfurt
1992 Ausstellung Berliner Künstler BBK, Berlin
1994 Galerie der Industrie- und Handelskammer, Chemnitz
1995 Braas Galerie, Oberursel
1997 Städtische Galerie im Karmelitenkloster, Frankfurt a. Main
1998 Galerie S. Popov, Berlin
2001 Bad Dobran, Deutschland
2003 „Zeitgenössische Kunst“, KPM, Berlin
2004 Jüdische Galerie, Berlin
2005 International Art Ausstellung, Tbilissi, Georgien
2005 Wedding Kunstsommer
2006 Art Caucasus 06, Tbilissi, Georgien
2008 Galerie P3, Kassel
2010 Artisterium (International Kunstsommer
2006 Art Caucasus 06, Tbilissi, Georgien
2008 Galerie P3, Kassel
2010 Artisterium (International Contemporary Art Exhibition), Tbilissi, Georgien

GALLERY: Tutu's Day - Paintings by the Georgian Artist Tutu Kiladze - based in Tbilisi

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The artist took participation in different international exhibitions - including Cologne, Jerusalem, Viennafair-Austria. She takes partipition in annual Contemporary Art-Festival-Fest I NOVA

Private Collections – Georgia, France, USA, Russia, Israel, England, Austria, Germany.

CONTACT: +995599389046; tuturinasi@yahoo.com

Date of birth: December 30, 1981, Tbilisi, Georgia
Education: 1999-2005 State Academy of arts, Tbilisi, Georgia

Tutu Kiladze, 2014

2017-Solo show, (Gallery Totibadze) Gallery Astronauts,Riga
2016-Solo show, Baia Gallery,love at 10X10.Tbilisi
2016-Italy.Castello deiconti de Ceccano(´Group Exhibition)
2016-GNM. Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery (group Exhibition)
2015-Vienna, Austria, Galerie am Roten Hof
2015-Russian museum,Russia(group Exhibition)
2015-Group Exhibition,Russia, Rozaazora
2015-Solo show,Artarea, Tbilisi
2014 - Art Villa Garikula, “Opus Mixtum”, Akhalkalaki, Georgia
2014 - Solo Show, Gala Galery. Tbilisi Georgia
2012 - Viennafair, Vienna, Austria
2012 - Jerusalem Plein Air, Jerusalem, Israel
2011 - Batumi plein Air, Batumi, Georgia
2011 -New Art Café, Tbilisi, Georgia
2010 - Gallery 9, Tbilisi Georgia
2010 - Gallery-Café, Tbilisi, Georgia
2009 - Tbilisi Auction House, Tbilisi, Georgia
2006 - TBC Bank Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2003 - Modern Art Gallery, Christmas exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
2002 -Gallery Universe, Tbilisi History Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
2001 - US Embassy in Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia

Further Links:
facebook.com/tutu.kiladze
georgianfemaleartists.blogspot.de
art-chapeau.blogspot.de
finbahn.com

PAINTINGS: New Artworks by the Georgian Artist Maka Batiashvili

"Journey in to secret world and not existent time and place, swirls waves of sadness and pleasure together, which is sweetest thing ever." (Maka Batiashvili about her art)


Project ArtBeat at Art Fair ArtVilnius'17 with Georgian Artists Maka Batiashvili, George Gagoshidze, Levan Mindiashvili, 8 June - 11 June

Bus station  45x40cm  oil on canvas 2017

Bush 86x78cm oil on canvas  2017

Evening 44x27 oil on canvas  2017

Football 46x40cm oil on canvas  2017

Jump 40x30cm oil on canvas  2017

Jump 49x44cm oil on canvas  2017

Kiss 120x98cm oil on oilcloth 2017

Sport hall 60x40cm oil on canvas  2017

Sun 45x23cm oil on canvas  2017

Bridge 45x40cm  oil on canvas 2017

GALLERIE WEEKEND BERLIN: Gallery on Wheels by Nino Kiladze - Berlin 29.04.2017

THE CHOICE IS YOURS! LET YOUR THOUGHTS FLOW!
GALLERY ON WHEELS
 



The Exhibition will take place at Oranienburger Straße "come in from outside" in Monbijoupark, 12 a.m. until 3 p.m.

more: instagram.com/gaistzeit


Some Paintings by Nino Kiladze

AUSSTELLUNG: Der georgische Künstler Gocha Gulelauri am Vorabend zur Vernissage - Galerie Roy, Zülpich (galerieroy.de)

Gocha Gulelauri, 28.6.-27.7.2014
Zeit im Raum, Malerei

Ausstellungseröffnung: Samstag, 28. Juni 2014 ab 18.00 Uhr

zur Vernissage spielt
TTT - F. Wollny (Bass), R. Carniaux (Trompete), G. Dudek (Saxophon)

Öffnungszeiten
Mittwoch-Freitag 14.00-19-00 Uhr
Samstag 11.00-15.00 Uhr

Galerie Roy
Nideggener Strasse 25
53909 Zülpich 
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ART: Colours of the Soul - Minas Avetisyan (youtube.com)

(youtube.com) Armenian painter (1928-1975), studied in Yerevan and Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), had been exhibiting fro 1956. Avetisyan is one of those Armenian artists who put the color back into painting. "Put the color back into painting"-such an expression might seem strange, but if you go into the Matenadaran and look through the yellowed pages of the ancient manuscripts there, you will understand what is meant: there on the parchment, in all their splendor, shine the bright, sonorous colors- blue, yellow, green, red... Color plays an enormous role in the work of Avetisyan. In the night of the January 1, 1972, while the artist was in Djadjur with his family, his Yerevan studio was burnt down together with a large portion of his best canvases selected for a one-man show. Music by Mychael Danna from Atom Egoyan's film 'The Adjuster' (1991). Piano: Eve Egoyan, violin: Mark Fewer, duduk: Djivan Gasparyan.

EXHIBITION: Merab Abramishvili at the Baia Gallery (geoplatforma.blogspot.de)

(geoplatforma.blogspot.de) BAIA GALLERY has hosted an exhibition of Merab Abramishvili. Seeing his work is always a very exciting possibility. The intricate craftsmanship, astonishing colour palette, carefully planned compositions and the naïve looking subject matters never fail to capture the heart of the audience. Having a very distinct painting style, Abramishvili belongs to the alternative art scene of the 80s Georgia. This group is a very significantly interested in religion, often employing it as their subject matter- a kind of protest against the Soviet dismissal of religion and their forced recreation of the national identity.

Abramishvili’s themes are particularly fascinating when analysed in relation to the context of Georgia when he was painting. The country was engulfed in crisis of all sorts. The Soviet Union broke down causing unrest, civil war and Abkhazian conflict; the decade of darkness arrived, with no electricity, hunger and death. Surrounded by this, Abramishvili found an escape route in his mythological and biblical scenes, the heavenly animals and rocking maidens. Abramishvili’s canvases radiated hope against the total agony- hence his charm.

‘The art of 80s fetishizes the idea of escapism, of creating the ideal world and moving to there. There is a shared desire of opposing the prevalent deconstructionism with the universal values. The artists of 80s [Georgians] did not come protesting, but came with a position. Almost everywhere else in the post-Soviet countries, the protest against the environment was reactionary, aggressive, reflexive and poster-like, similar to the objective surroundings. However, in here the more critical the environment, the more stable, harmonious and balanced was the art world.’- writes Baia Tsikoridze, the owner of the Baia Gallery. Instead of focusing and almost copying the chaos around, these artists were evoking the values that would save the society. These were the illusions of beauty, serenity and stability, calmness, kindness and steadiness; Abramishvili’s canvases are infused with. Emphasis on aestheticism was the protest against the rundown, discouraged, destitute society.

The painter has themes he often returns to; the exotic animals are quite attractive for the artist. Repainting the lions, tigers and leopards the painter saw the far lands of Africa as the only faint imitation of heaven; when little, he famously was saving the pocket money to travel to there.

Abramishvili was a student of Alexander Bandzeladze, a celebrated abstract painter; probably it was Bandzeladze who inspired Abramishvili to be so sensitive towards colour. Abramishvili’s palette is always a very distinctively intellectual; even the bright pinks are used in such combinations that crate a very darbaiseli harmony. The two-dimensionality of Abramishvili’s paintings are definitely an influence of his genius mentor.

Abramishvili’s painting technique is a very distinctive one. Working in tempera and watercolours, the painter employed and arguably revived the gesso technique; deeply inspired by the fresco painting, which is not surprising as Georgia has a centuries old fresco painting tradition. The father of the painter, Guram Abramishvili was an art historian and had expeditions on historical sites such as the Ateni Sioni, where young Merab was busy inspecting and producing the copies of frescos and arguably falling in love with them. Later on Abramishvili got interested and has researched fundamentally the Persian miniature paintings. His art is an astonishing hybrid of the Georgian fresco and Eastern miniature paintings. Scrupulous attention to every detail, the transparent washes lit up by the egg glazing speak of a very demanding and disciplined painter.

Even though the exposition was hastily organised, lacked logic and did not last long enough, it was still breath-taking to see Abramishvili canvases publicly, as not even the best reproductions do justice to the originals. These exquisite paintings that ought to be hung in the museum unfortunately only get exhibited in the private Salons, usually pre-sale. Abramishvili is very popular among the Georgian collectors and recently he has been included in the Sotheby’s sales. First it was sold At the Crossroads exhibition, the Maneater of Kumaon and the Piano has just recently been sold on the Russian Art auction, Sotheby’s.

ART: Painting by the Georgian Levan Chelidze

Levan Chelidze, from the series "Gossip", 2013, oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm

AUSSTELLUNG: Kunst von Stephan Hasslinger und Gela Samsonidse in Konstanz (see-online.info)

 

(see-online.info) Konstanz. Der Kunstverein Konstanz zeigt im September eine Ausstellung mit dem Titel “Fremde Figuren”. Zu sehen sind Arbeiten von Stephan Hasslinger und Gela Samsonidse. Beide, der Bildhauer und der aus Georgien stammende Maler, leben in Freiburg. Ihre Arbeiten ergänzen sich.

Zu sehen ist die Ausstellung vom 21. September bis 24. November 2013. Vernissage ist am Freitag, 20. September 2013, um 19 Uhr. Einführen wird Hans-Joachim Müller. Preview ist bereits am Donnerstag, 19. September, um 18.30 Uhr.

Über die Künstler

Der aus Georgien stammende, in Freiburg lebende Maler Gela Samsonidse (*1965) und der Freiburger Bildhauer Stephan Hasslinger (*1960) haben sich mit ihren sehr unterschiedlichen Arbeitsweisen für einen gemeinsamen Auftritt entschieden. Zunächst scheinen den beiden Künstlern Ornament und Struktur als Bindeglied zu dienen. Beide verwenden in ihrer Arbeit ornamentale Strukturen: Hasslinger verwendet diese Strukturen, die er der textilen Welt entlehnt, als Hülle seiner keramischen Skulpturen, die sich auf ausschnitthaft Figürliches beziehen. Samsonidse bindet in seinen neueren Arbeiten das Ornament als Hintergrund oder als Binnenstruktur in seinen figürlichen Darstellungen ein. In seinen früheren Arbeiten dominieren hingegen strukturelle Kompositionen.

 Form, Farbe und Struktur

Hasslingers Arbeiten wirken zunächst abstrakt, bei näherer Betrachtung rufen sie aber dinglich körperhafte Assoziationen hervor. Samsonideses Malerei ist zunächst figürlich, löst sich dann aber beim zweiten Blick in ihre Bestandteile von Form, Farbe und Struktur auf. So ergänzen sich beide Arbeitsweisen, Figürliches ist stets auch als Abstraktion und Abstraktes als Figur zu lesen.

Öffnungszeiten Di –Fr, 10 bis 18 Uhr; Sa/So, 10 bis 17 Uhr

ART: New paintings by Georgian Maka Batiashvili (maka.batiashvili.net)

Silence 160x120cm oil on canvas  2013

Portrait, 160x122cm oil on canvas 2013

Portrait, 100x160cm oil on canvas 2013

Portrait, 27x38cm oil on cardboard 2013

Pause 120x160cm oil on canvas 2012

The Fire 60x50cm oil on canvas 2013

Snow 24x18cm oil on canvas 2013

Snow 24x18cm oil on canvas 2013

Snow 24x18cm oil on canvas 2013

The Window 122x122cm oil on canvas 2013

Source: maka.batiashvili.net