MEDIEVAL GEORGIAN METALWORK
Georgian metalwork of the Middle Ages is an important phenomenon in the history of art. The ancient local tradition of goldsmith and silversmith has continued throughout the Christian era. Georgian masters produced a wide range of church artifacts: crosses, icons, book-covers, liturgical implements. For their creations, the Georgian masters mainly used silver, which was frequently […]
EARLY MEDIEVAL GEORGIAN STONE CROSSES
The custom of erecting crosses in Georgia traces back to the time of Christianization of the Kingdom of Kartli in the 4th century. According to Georgian church tradition St. Nino, who converted Kartli to the new faith, put up wooden crosses in place of pagan idols to symbolize the country’s Christianization. Mirian, the first Christian […]
MASTERCARD SQUARE FOR PEDESTRIANS
The most recent artwork by Merab Surviladze is blatantly ambiguous, and a reaction to social motifs that were heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic. “MasterCard” is a huge canvas that resembles the iconography of the company’s well-known logo, and appears to be a massive bank card. Small figures of people move and walk upon it as […]
