THE RENEWAL OF FRENCH GOTHIC TRADITION THROUGH GEORGIAN CONTEMPORARY
Throughout world history, the use of stained glass has been connected with the church and other religious facilities. For thousands of years, different types of glass were produced to animate or narrate Christian stories and illuminations. In the middle ages, during the high gothic era, yellow, red and blue were used extensively to bring more […]
NATELA GRIGALASHVILI – MIXED PHOTO PROJECTS
Natela Grigalashvili (1965) is a documentary photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Artist mainly works on long-term documentary projects in the rural areas of Georgia focusing on the lives and issues of people living in villages and provincial cities. While working on a photo series Grigalashvili focuses on the story which is told by the […]
WALL PAINTINGS OF ST. GEORGE AT UBISI MONASTERY
Ubisi monastery was founded in the 9th century by Grigol Khandzteli – a prominent cleric and founder of numerous monasteries in Georgia. The monastery comprises several buildings, the earliest of which is the single nave church of St. George dating from the 9th century (the annexes of the church are from a later period). The three-story tower […]
MURALS OF THE ROCK-HEWN CHURCH AT VARDZIA
Vardzia’s rock-hewn architectural ensemble is situated in historic Meskheti, South Georgia, on the left bank of the river Mtkvari. It served as fortification, as well as religious and habitation purposes, and has outstanding artistic and historical significance. It is one of the most fascinating and important examples of rock-cut sites, not only […]
THE KNIGHT IN THE PANTHER’S SKIN
Shota Rustaveli’s “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” or, alternatively, “The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin” is a poem that invites a reader to an adventure and exposure to the unknown and mysterious. Surely, the medieval literature of Georgia that preceded Rustaveli’s poem has a great deal of mystery in itself: it was a religious […]
OXYGEN 2020 – KNOW THY NEIGHBOR
The exhibition was initially conceived as a “No Fair”, a non-commercial exhibition organized in parallel to Tbilisi Art Fair. Starting from this year, the project transforms its conceptual scale and will continue in a new format: each of the future shows will be curated by a different person at a new location. The 2020’s show […]
