“The Universe of Pirosmani”

“The Universe of Pirosmani” — a vivid, extraordinary, colorful world full of symbols and Georgian cultural artifacts, created by Niko Pirosmani.
He was a national Georgian artist — striking in his simplicity and profound in meaning — who himself became a symbol of Georgia, of freedom, and of boldness in art.

You will learn:
How is Pirosmani connected to Shevardnadze, the Zdanevich brothers, Nabokov, and Pasternak?
 What symbols repeat in his paintings, and what do they mean — to us and to the artist?
 How should we understand “naive art”? What is its true value? And why does “primitivism” not mean “primitive”?
 Why was he not recognized during his lifetime, and how did he become famous after?