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Oleg Timchenko: Diagonal 13 . Georgian National Gallery

18 November 2023 18:00 - 16 December 2023 18:00

Oleg Timchenko (born 1957) is one of the founders and active members of the avant-garde group, The 10th Floor, in the 1980s and early 1990s. During the Perestroika period, the artists united in the group reexamined postmodern art and reflected it in their own context. Alongside their artistic responses to contemporary issues, Oleg Timchenko’s works consistently incorporate themes from history and literature, romantic-symbolic visions, and fairy-tale series infused with humour. His characters are sometimes real, and sometimes so poster like that they resemble symbols or signs. “Reality is replaced by symbols of reality,” they acquire a new meaning and become inhabitants of the new world created by the artist.

Diagonal 13 is an exhibition project that was specially created for the space of Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery. The central theme revolves around the circus. The tragic destinies of dwarves and clowns, concealed behind the grandeur of royal courts of the past or the enchanting circus arena, have inspired artists throughout history, from Velázquez to Fellini. These masterpieces of creative thought encourage us to ponder not only the fates of individuals but also broader themes of humanism and, simultaneously, human cruelty. In this solo exhibition, Oleg Timchenko portrays the circus theme through various stylistic series that already have become familiar in his career. Consequently, the artist’s new collection for this exhibition appears as a “stylistic retrospective.”

Details

Start:
18 November 2023 18:00
End:
16 December 2023 18:00
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Organizers

Georgian National Gallery
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth of Georgia

Venue

Dimitri Shevardnadze Georgian National Gallery
11 Rustaveli ave
Tbilisi, Georgia 0108
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