This contemporary artwork features an assortment of vibrant fruits against a backdrop of crumpled metallic foil. The composition combines a mix of earthy colors, including greens, yellows, and reds, along with the shimmering, reflective surfaces of the foil. The subjects appear to be discarded or forgotten, evoking a sense of transience and the fleeting nature of material possessions. The artist likely intends to explore themes of consumption, waste, and the temporary nature of our relationship with material goods. ...
Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili (born in 1979 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian-American photographer living in Berlin. She studied at Bard College, Annandale, NY under Stephen Shore, An My Lee and Barbara Ess. Her work stands at the confluence of digital and analog photography. Images she makes are straight snapshots or intricately staged photographs, which then undergo a process of altering by hand or digital means, or a mix of both. The multilayered manner in which she combines these interventions, while experimental and often intuitive, converges on a conceptual logic of choreographing and staging not just surfaces, but the conditions of photographic representation. ...
