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Day: February 26, 2024
An interesting question to ask here is how artists working outside of the official art system are simultaneously able to retain a sense of reality and a belief in the wholesomeness of human nature?“ #GeorgianArt 6/6 pic.twitter.com/uIPks9xqdA
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) February 26, 2024
Aesthetic lineage of Pirosmani – an iconic self-thought Georgian master from the turn of the century is definitely present here,but so is a universal appeal not dissimilar to the British outsider artist Madge Gill or American Lee Godie. 5/6 pic.twitter.com/YkSvk2GuDa
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) February 26, 2024
Yet, there is an overwhelming sense of harmony and calmness surrounding these genre and imagined scenes. 4/6 pic.twitter.com/jgh2QdBg86
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) February 26, 2024
Her figures are airy and uplifted, a touch naive, a touch removed from the grim Soviet reality that has continuously surrounded her. The two shows on view present a range of themes of interest to the artist be it romantic couples, ceremonies, and unheard conversations. 3/6 pic.twitter.com/KTGXXjzQxS
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) February 26, 2024
Elene Chantladze (b.1946) is a self-thought artist who lived her whole life in the town of Tskaltubo. Using all she materials she could find Chantladze expressed her romanticized vision of reality. 2/6 pic.twitter.com/IBEB9FPX7t
— Notes from Georgia/South Caucasus (Hälbig, Ralph) (@SouthCaucasus) February 26, 2024