BACKSTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNSEEN FASHION, DOCUMENTING HOW NEW FORM OF VISUAL ART WAS BORN AND FORMED BACK IN TIMES WHEN AS AUTHOR SAYS -
“IT WASN’T A FASHION, IT WAS A PHOTOGRAPHY THAT AT TIME WAS ABOUT FASHION”.
GURAM TSIBAKHASHVILI OFTEN REFERRED BY HIS NICKNAME TSIBAKHA IS REVIEWED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES OF CONTEMPORARY GEORGIAN PHOTOGRAPHY. THROUGH HIS DECADES-SPANNING CAREER HE DOCUMENTED THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE COUNTRY AFTER GAINING ITS INDEPENDENCE, DOCUMENTED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESSES OF UNDERGROUND CULTURE.
TIMING BROUGHT THAT PHOTOGRAPHY OF THIS TIME WAS GRANTED A DIFFERENT STATUS AND MEANING
TO THINK ABOUT ONESELF, ABOUT ONE’S PLACE IN A UNIVERSE, AND TO MAKE ARTWORKS BY THIS, MEANS THAT YOUR ARTWORK IS NOT ONLY ABOUT VISUAL PART, IT’S A STORYTELLING OF SOME KIND
THERE IS NO ONE WHO WOULD TELL - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
MY HANDWRITING IS IMPERFECT TOO, BUT I MADE THIS AS A TOOL
YOUR WORLD IS THIS SQUARE
