Modern Art Presents Solo Exhibition of Elene Chantladze

Elene Chantladze's personal exhibition opened in Modern Art, in London. This is the first exhibition of the artist in the UK.

"Quick and abstract – sometimes constructed with as little as three dots in a circle – these faces are full of expression and complexity. As figures, they are imbued with purpose of the everyday sort, and only rarely are they alone. Mostly, they are busy interacting; they embrace each other, they catch hold of animals and birds, or they appear to jostle with each other in a crowd. Sometimes, they are pictured so close to one another that their bodies are joined together, painted as one entity, a mass of entangled outlines, and a melding of positive and negative space. What is happening in these pictures? Their titles do offer pointers, elusive though they are.", the press release of the exhibition reads.

Elene Chantladze was born in the Lanchkhuti district in the village of Supsa on the Black Sea coast. She moved to Tskaltubo in 1965, where she currently lives and works. 

 

Chantladze’s work has been included in the following exhibitions: Diaries, public reading by E. Chantladze Performance Days, Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia (2018); Group Show, Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia (2015); Connecting Spaces, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland (2014-2015); Tskaltubo Art Festival, Tskaltubo, Georgia (2014); Artsupermarkt, Potsdam, Germany (2014); Nektar’s Fall Exhibition, Gallery Nectar, Tbilisi, Georgia (2013); Mertskhali Building, Tskaltubo, Georgia (2013); Festival Art-Geni, Tskaltubo, Georgia (2012).

Elene Chantladze's work will be exhibited at Modern Art till March 27th.