Collection – XX Century. Avant-garde and Modernism
November, 2024 – February, 2025
19a Ingorokva Street
From November 26, 2024, to February 10, 2025, Baia Gallery’s space for private collections (Pavle Ingorokva Street 19a) will present a new project titled “Collection—XX Century. Avant-garde and Modernism.”
The exhibition will present the works of museum-status artists kept in private collections. Participating artists are David Kakabadze, Petre Otskheli, Elene Akhvlediani, Irakli Gamrekeli, Sergo Kobuladze, Kirill Zdanevich, Lado Gudiashvili, Shalva Kikodze, Avto Varazi, Peter Bliotkin; Vera Pagava and Felix Varlamishvili represent Georgian immigrant culture; Sergey Sudeikin and Vasily Shukhaev are foreign artists who worked in Georgia; Wassily Kandinsky is an international artist who is also part of the exhibition. The exhibition also includes photographs taken by David Kakabadze in the 1920s and books published by David Kakabadze and Lado Gudiashvili in Paris.
Most of these works are rarities and are shown for the first time. Exhibitions of this type are interesting for process research and help to show the importance of private collections.
Complete your collection with unique works of art!
With this exhibition, we continue to study Georgia’s cultural heritage based on the works of art kept in private collections. The ‘Baia Gallery’ database contains more than 5,000 photos and metadata.
Highlights of the exhibitions are:
Wassily Kandinsky – “Lady with a Fan”.
David Kakabadze – “Abstraction”, “Sketch of the Flag of the Republic of Georgia” “Paris”.
Elene Akhvlediani – “Winter. Racha”, “Village”, Tbilisi Series.
Kiril Zdanevich – “Nude”, “Still-life Against Mountains Background”.
Avto Varazi – “Sleeping Woman”, “Woman with a Loose Hair”.
Petre Otskheli – “Choreographic Costume”.
Vasily Shukhaev – “Bouquet of a Peonies”.
Felix Varlamishvili – “View of Toledo”, “Harvest”.
Vera Pagava – „La Rencontre”.
Sergey Sudeikin – “Sadko. Underwater Kingdom”
The rest of the works are of the same importance. Most of the artists are presented with several works. The context of the exhibition is to show parallels and differences, hidden connections, and obvious influences in art – through the works of artists of different generations, directions, and styles.