Georgian-German art exhibition in Tbilisi

The Georgian-German Society in Tbilisi, Georgia, is hosting a joint art exhibition of Georgian and German artists and sculptors from December 18, 2015 to January 17, 2016. The exhibition ‘Zeichen und Anzeichen’ will be held at Europe House. The exhibiting Georgian artists include: Gocha Gulelauri, Vladimir Imerlishvili, Gocha Jgenti, Kote Jincharadze, Tengis Khachapuridse, Mikho Svanidze, and Archil Turmanidze. The exhibiting German artists include: Sabine Peuckert, Matthias Schroller, Henry Stocker, and Henze Volker.

Zeichen und Anzeichen – Marks and Signs – is a collection of paintings, installations, and sculptures. Since time immemorial, humankind has felt the need to leave a mark on society, for prosperity. Some of the signs are simple and easy to understand, but many are still a mystery. Generally over the centuries, the need for signs hasn’t changed, but the material or the media for displaying the signs has changed – for example, from stone and papyrus to metal and paper. The artists explore these themes and ask: Who knows how many invisible signs we touch every day and night? Each human step, each movement, each breath becomes a sign we register immediately or preserve forever as individual writers of our own ‘invisible book of life’ including fonts and charactes on tombstones – but as part of larger societies in stones, fields, churches, fortresses, ruins, houses, bricks, and grains of sand.

Mikho Savanidze’s work is the photograph above and below.

Henry Stocker has exhibited works of Fer-Art.

Vladimir Imerlishvili includes Menhir-Gefuhl and Menhir-Rettung.

Gocha Gulelauri presents works from hsi ‘Abdrucke’ series (note that the figure of the man was presented on its side, and not upright).

Achil Turmanidze has organiisch/anorganisch #1 and #2.

Matthias Schroller has a series of paintings – Fensterstudie, Studie, Kindergartenstudie, and Fensterstudie Alvani.

And other pieces include the following below:

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