Keti Kapanadze - Poison for a Couple
April 10 – 6 pm
Curated by Irena Popiashvili
TBC Concept is pleased to present Keti Kapanadze's solo exhibition Poison for a Couple. The title references the artist's 1990 black-and-white photo depicting a pair of old-fashioned perfume bottles. The show features her early series of works, which will be displayed for the first time in Georgia and occupy both exhibition halls of the TBC Concept.
The exhibition includes a fascinating collection of black-and-white conceptual photos from the 1990s. Additionally, it features Anima Ex Machina texts and drawings created with black gouache on paper, which were later transitioned to cardboard. The artist employed a technique akin to automatic writing exercises. The drawings resemble technical diagrams and convey a sense of mystery. The artist believes that blackness represents a space where all information is stored, and her indecipherable drawings emerge from this realm. Some of the works included in the exhibition were originally created in the 1980s, but in 2003-04, the artist remade some of them as part of the lost original works. She also introduced several new compositions, expanding the series.
The exhibition will also include Akasha Chronicles painting series (2010), which involves layered canvases with transparent material.