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Tezi Gabunia's Solo Show at Gallery 4710
On Sunday, July 11, Gallery 4710 presents Tezi Gabunia’s solo show “Privacy”. The exhibition will feature 6 works created by artist for this exhibition. The exhibition responds to the recent world events that have allowed us to rethink our personal spaces.
The show will be on until September 5.
"The current situation puts us in front of strange and invisible processes. The events are taking a dramatic turn. In this series of changes, the role of the artist becomes critical. Primarily, this role concerns the reassessment of the existing order of things. Art has been able to give a contrasting meaning to objects since ancient times - like turning the tragedy into beauty and vice versa. Under current circumstances, daily, practical contact with objects has increased. As a result, their aesthetic value has been called under question.
In his works, Tezi Gabunia focuses on everyday objects. They become like museum artifacts. This underlines two circumstances: one is that they acquire the properties of a work of art, and the other is that objects reveal their own identity through the representation of a function. This process is preceded by the separation of a subject and it’s function as an act of impossible consumption and use. Should we accept this order of things? Or should we oppose their identity? In both cases, critical tension is created, which itself is the result of the existing changes.", is written in the description of the event.
Tezi Gabunia (1987) is a Tbilisi-based Multimedia Artist, who is working independently from 2011 till now with local and international galleries and mainly focuses on the research of cultural issues and manipulation with various media of visual arts. In 2016 he was awarded Tsinandali Prize
in Visual Arts (Georgia) for his project “Put Your Head Into Gallery”, which was presented in Krakow, Vienna, Batumi, and Tbilisi. From 2020 till now the project is exhibited in Philadelphia, San Diego, Arizona, and Austin.
in Visual Arts (Georgia) for his project “Put Your Head Into Gallery”, which was presented in Krakow, Vienna, Batumi, and Tbilisi. From 2020 till now the project is exhibited in Philadelphia, San Diego, Arizona, and Austin.
Gabunia is a co-founder and a key member of “CopyPaste”, which was founded in 2015 and is the platform of young artists and architects. One of his latest projects is “Breaking News: Flooding of the Louvre”, which was exhibited in Barcelona, New York, Berlin, and Tbilisi.