The artwork depicts a battered handgun draped in a vibrant teal-colored fabric, creating an incongruous and unsettling juxtaposition. The color contrast between the dark, foreboding weapon and the soft, flowing textile draws the viewer's attention to the piece's underlying message, which seems to address themes of violence, power, and the fragility of human life. The artist's use of this striking visual metaphor invites the audience to reflect on the complex and often contradictory nature of modern society, where instruments of destruction coexist alongside symbols of peace and healing. ...
Gzirishvili’s experimental practice spans installation, sculpture, film,
CGI, poetry, and reading performances. She explores the liminal
spaces and juncture points between beings, places, and objects, as well as between material and immaterial realms. Often, Gzirishvili’s work draws from themes such as transitionality, circulation, and
displacement. By disassembling and reassembling objects and contexts both physically and intangibly, Ana observes the entanglements,
incongruences, and hybrid forms that emerge from these interactions. ...
Gallery Artbeat is a pioneering contemporary art gallery based in Tbilisi, Georgia representing mid-career and emerging Georgian artists.
Between 2014-2017 the gallery started its journey as a project space, a moving gallery using a shipping container for site-specific exhibitions to introduce contemporary art in peripheral locations where museums and galleries don't function. In October 2017 the gallery found it's permanent home in the heart of Tbilisi.
The gallery has a significant presence on the international art scene, collaborating with major institutions and museums and taking part in art fairs such as NADA Miami, Untitled Miami, Art Dubai, Artissima, Art Cologne.
Our aim is to support artists throughout their artistic journeys, foster cultural activities both locally and abroad, collaborate with international galleries and organisations and mark Georgia on an international art map. ...
