Reviews
Strange Bird
Strange Bird
Strange Bird
..."In pieces such as "Strange Bird," a work in marble depicting an angularly avian figure that harks back to the birds depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics, as well as in the designs of the Aztecs and other ancient civilizations. Within the body of the bird are smaller human figures that also suggest primitive symbols. At the same time, t
..."In pieces such as "Strange Bird," a work in marble depicting an angularly avian figure that harks back to the birds depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics, as well as in the designs of the Aztecs and other ancient civilizations. Within the body of the bird are smaller human figures that also suggest primitive symbols. At the same time, the piece is thoroughly contemporary in its quirky inventiveness and its bold semi-abstract thrust, forging a vital link between past and present plastic concerns"...
Dorothy K. Riordan
Asiavaica
Strange Bird
Strange Bird
..."His intimate, abstract stone sculptures are fraught with personal observation, delving into the age-old unanswered questions of existentialism. Tkabladze's fascination with stone derives not only from its history as a piece of the larger whole, but also due to the fact that as it has an "unforgiving nature, it becomes a challenge to
..."His intimate, abstract stone sculptures are fraught with personal observation, delving into the age-old unanswered questions of existentialism. Tkabladze's fascination with stone derives not only from its history as a piece of the larger whole, but also due to the fact that as it has an "unforgiving nature, it becomes a challenge to bring it to a new life." Mixing a variety of media and technique (stone, wood and steel) Tkabladze identifies ideas of past, present and future, thereby formulating his internal creative process for self-discovery."...
Artenisia art gallery
Dr. Panglos
Strange Bird
Dr. Panglos
..."With strong professional base and real talent, Gia Tkabladze is search of hew siderations basic principles of round sculptures. In each his sculpture you can feel sense of rhythm, different themes have logical developments. Generalized ides is concretized by details of composition"....
Levan Lagidze
Gabriel
Strange Bird
Dr. Panglos
...."Deep understanding of the genre specifics, unusual approach to the plastic representations and diversity of the artistic solutions are distinguishable features in his creations.
Gia's sculptures show the synthesis of the contemporary art, which always results in an affective - and sometimes in an unexpected - interpretation, and emphasizes the talent of the young sculptor"...
Inga Kharaia
Old Torso
Birth of Adam
High Energy
....Gia Tkabladze was the sole among the representatives of his generation who revealed postmodernist understanding - synthesis of world vision and combination of national cultural traditions with innovative tendencies. This rare ability of combination guaranteed him a place not only in the homeland, but also beyond its boundaries. His i
....Gia Tkabladze was the sole among the representatives of his generation who revealed postmodernist understanding - synthesis of world vision and combination of national cultural traditions with innovative tendencies. This rare ability of combination guaranteed him a place not only in the homeland, but also beyond its boundaries. His input in Global Culture bears national features and high professional skills of expressing these features make his works particularly attractive. He has ability to enrich the world art with tendencies of ancient Caucasian culture and what's the most important, to achieve this through original and interesting form....
Baia Tsikoridze
High Energy
Birth of Adam
High Energy
...Gia has the exceptional ability to unlock the secrets and strengths of various materials and to balance the power of analysis with temperament and emotion, which mold together to form a true talent. This talent, together with his thorough education and professionalism allowed him to enrich modern Georgian sculpture with new topics and
...Gia has the exceptional ability to unlock the secrets and strengths of various materials and to balance the power of analysis with temperament and emotion, which mold together to form a true talent. This talent, together with his thorough education and professionalism allowed him to enrich modern Georgian sculpture with new topics and new shapes, to remove taboos and limitations and to spread the achievements of the modern Western art. George is a significant artist with an interesting vision, whose work serves as a bridge between the traditional and the new...
Nino Zaalishvili
Mystery I
Birth of Adam
Birth of Adam
..."Much more suggestive of human anatomy, albeit anomalously distorted, are the two pieces entitled "Mystery 1," and "Mystery 2." In both of these pieces in pristine white marble, George Tkabladze explores flowing organic forms that twist and turn upon themselves, their contours as sensual as the overtly erotic surrealism of artists lik
..."Much more suggestive of human anatomy, albeit anomalously distorted, are the two pieces entitled "Mystery 1," and "Mystery 2." In both of these pieces in pristine white marble, George Tkabladze explores flowing organic forms that twist and turn upon themselves, their contours as sensual as the overtly erotic surrealism of artists like Hans Bellmer and Dorothea Tanning True to the title of these pieces, however, Tkabladze, creates forms that are more difficult to pin down, as they appear to morph before one's eyes, suggesting hips and breasts and feet or faces without taking on the specific characteristics of any of those body parts. In "Mystery 1," there is a sense of merging figures, perhaps in erotic embrace, while "Mystery 2" is a more monolithic form with crevices and orifices that create sudden shifts of negative and positive space within a single overall shape that appears to allude to a large, mask-like face..."
Dorothy K. Riordan
Birth of Adam
Birth of Adam
Birth of Adam
...His art is based on his original way of thinking and creates a uniquely consistent picture, bringing his own style, individual vision of plastics and his original and effective way of finding composition solutions into the world of contemporary sculpture, thus earning him a well-deserved place in the history of modern art development....
Inga Karaia.
Old Love Story
There Must be Sun Somewhere
There Must be Sun Somewhere
Combining drilled holes, sharply incised lines and soft, rounded transition between shapes, this sculptural composition uses the expressive possibilities and hardness and softness to great effect in exploring the theme of past relationships.
John Plowman
There Must be Sun Somewhere
There Must be Sun Somewhere
There Must be Sun Somewhere
The dark piece of granite, placed on top of the lighter marble, has a circular sun-like hole that is echoed in the concave disc below, capturing the mood of the title when the sun is hidden from our view. The stone is worked to a smooth, polished surface which brings out their contrasting and dark qualities.
John Plowman
Adam
There Must be Sun Somewhere
Sun for Everyone
...."Gia's work reflects the feasting cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Georgian - to find that he was also not a man suffering for his art. Gia says he has yet to move on from what they taught him at art schools and find his "own stile". Meanwhile, he's made a very competent beginning with his pure marble "White George" and his anorexic "Adam and Eva"...
Shirly Amiss
Sun for Everyone
There Must be Sun Somewhere
Sun for Everyone
..."Sun for Everyone," is a somewhat more abstract piece in which Tkabladze explores intriguingly interlocking forms within a shape that merges elements of both the circle and the rectangle. Here, the various elements could suggest figurative allusions, yet they elude easy definition in order to draw the viewer's attention to spatial cont
..."Sun for Everyone," is a somewhat more abstract piece in which Tkabladze explores intriguingly interlocking forms within a shape that merges elements of both the circle and the rectangle. Here, the various elements could suggest figurative allusions, yet they elude easy definition in order to draw the viewer's attention to spatial contrasts and elements of openness and closure"...
Dorothy K. Riordan