The artwork features a striking pink, crumpled surface that fills the frame with its vibrant hue. The irregular folds and creases create a dynamic, almost sculptural composition, suggesting a sense of movement and malleability. The use of translucent, reflective material adds depth and a captivating quality to the piece. The subject matter appears to be a discarded or crumpled plastic bag, which the artist has transformed into a visually compelling statement about the ubiquity of disposable consumer culture and the impact of such materials on the environment. ...
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. ...
