Gvantsa Jishkariani, I was dancing in my dream and feared no-one. It felt majestic, it felt ecstatic, beautiful. I was exploding in joy.2022 Neon 10 x 900cm (Approx.)Gvantsa Jishkariani, I chew my solid blood, 2022 Natural stone mosaic, (Marble, Travertine, Onyx) on plywood. Broken Beer bottle glass with Topaz, Agate and Prehnite beads 48x 31 cm, additional 70cm for the beadsLola, Untitled, 2022 Acrylic on unstretched canvas, attached to laser-cut iron, metal hangers 91x135.5 cmLola, Untitled, 2022 Acrylic on stretched canvas 76.5x65 cmLola, Untitled, 2021 Pencils and ink on paper, vintage frame without glass, cotton thread. 35x49cm with frame, 20x28cm without frameNata Varazi, What it feels like to be a girl, 2021 Oil on stretched canvas 50x70cmNata Varazi,Soft Tendencies of Blending in, 2022 Oil on stretched canvas, wood details. 71x61cmNata Varazi, Untitled (What it feels like to be a girl), 2021 Oil on stretched canvas 90x70cmTamara Gurgenidze, Pregnant Women, 2017 Oil on canvas 99 x 131 cmTamara Gurgenidze,Pregnant Woman with a Mobile Phone, 2022 Glazed ceramics 29x16cm Edition 1/3 and 2/3Tamara Lortkipanidze, Full Moon from their Window, 2020 Acrylic on stretched canvas 119 x 90 cmTamara Lortkipanidze, The Snail, The Ring and The Confession, 2021 Acrylic on stretched canvas 100x85cmTamara Lortkipanidze, Gossip Dinner, 2021, acrylic paints on canvas, 116 x 90 cmTamara Lortkipanidze, installation viewNata Varazi, installation viewLola, installation viewTamara Gurgenidze, installation viewSorry, no flowers here, installation viewSorry, no flowers here, installation view
The Why Not Gallery is glad to invite to the opening of the group exhibition Sorry, no flowers here.
The exhibition is comprised of works by young female artists Gvantsa Jishkariani, Lola, Nata Varazi, Tamar Gurgenidze and Tamara Lortkipanidze and muses on such hefty topics such as womanhood in patriarchal culture, assumptions and expectations to look up to, moulds to mutate into, and promises to fulfil.
However, instead of posing these as ideals to look up to, presented artists, with their strong energies and self-contained signature styles, challenge and pervert the supposed truths. Heartfelt journeys through generational traumas and personal quests for healing, absurd harmony of fragile beauty and yet fatal danger, poetry and sentimentality of female comradeship.
