Untitled Gallery exhibition on fragility showcases paintings, installation by Mariam Gabritchidze
The selection of works highlights both Gabritchidze's use of unconventional material and her reflection on social ideas of fragility. Image via Untitled Gallery Tbilisi.
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An exploration of fragility via paintings reflecting on private space will be open for contemporary art enthusiasts at downtown Tbilisi's Untitled Gallery space, where work by Mariam Gabritchidze have gone on display.
Paintings by the artist, created on the theme of beds of people involved as subjects in her project, went on show at the gallery on Sunday and brought her visions on the intimate topics of feminine vulnerability to public view.
A summary from the venue introduced concepts of the display by introducing Gabritchidze's personal experiences with spaces seemingly existing for peaceful escape from the relentless, daily work in the modern economy.
In 2015 [...] Mariam Gabritchidze discovered her own bed gaining the dysfunction [...] full of anxiety and fear while it always used to be [a] stress less spot accompanying imagination and rest."
Since then she is transforming her artistic research into the paintings of different beds belonging to other people, who were happy to participate in the project" - summary for the show
With Warning, Fragile - as the exhibition of the painting collection and a video installation has been titled - the creative seeks to reflect on a "common understanding of fragility", which, in social context, is often accompanied by negative connotations. The latter is expressed in the patriarchal cultural norms where fragility is associated with femininity and, by extension, weakness, the summary also said.
Curated by Giorgi Rodionov, the works selected for the show introduce Gabritchidze's use of semi-transparent paper used for wrapping glass products for painting. The material provides "additional structure" to the works, the preview noted.
Countrywide governmental regulations and limitations for cultural venues operating in the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic apply to the display at the Untitled Gallery, located at 17, Ivane Machabeli Street in Tbilisi. These involve measuring of body temperature for visitors at entrance and a requirement to wear a face mask.
Warning, Fragile will be on show through Wednesday at the gallery.
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