DAVID KAKABADZE
Despite never having boarded a plane, David Kakabadze “flew over” his native land at an altitude of a “bird in flight,” and captured landscapes that ended up becoming symbolic representations of Georgia – truly resembling bird’s-eye views. D. Kakabadze. Imereti: Red Road. 1918. Oil on canvas, 63 cm ✕ 84 cm. Property of the artist’s family. […]
PETRE OTSKHELI AND GEORGIAN MODERNISM
Petre Otskheli, one of the most important representatives of Georgian Modernism, was born in 1907 into a wealthy Kutaisi family. At that time, Kutaisi was a city where the theater and several gymnasiums functioned alongside the cinema. In 1913 the Otskheli family moved to Moscow, where Petre’s father began to run a broadcloth factory. The Otskheli […]
