Submission
MAY 08, 2023

I WAS ABOUT TO PRAY

Irakli Mereli at Gallery 4710, Tbilisi
April 22 — May 27, 2023

Exhibition view

The main line of the exhibition is poetry and the contemplation of one’s soul in an observant manner. The author, reflecting on his own experience, attempts to create a series of artworks which are metaphorical representations of a comprehensive rethinking. The featured artworks include portraits with gigantic, exaggerated faces, which are worn on one’s back like metaphors of unearthly, concealed and unseeable matters.
The sensation is further intensified by the vibrant green, which is at the heart of the narrative and stands out more prominently in ceramic figures.

Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Ceramic, tempera 30 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Ceramic, tempera 25 x 22 cm 2022
Exhibition view
Untitled Chamotte, tempera 22 x 16 cm 2023
Exhibition view
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Untitled Georgian red ceramic, tempera 30 x 31 2023
Type to enter textUntitled Mixed media on paper 18 x 21 cm 2022
Type to enter textUntitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Exhibition view
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022
Exhibition view
Prayer in the rose garden Chamotte, tempera 60 x 15 cm 2023
Prayer in the rose garden Chamotte, tempera 60 x 15 cm 2023
Prayer in the rose garden Chamotte, tempera 60 x 15 cm 2023
Prayer in the rose garden Chamotte, tempera 60 x 15 cm 2023
Prayer in the rose garden Chamotte, tempera 60 x 15 cm 2023
Untitled Mixed media on paper 60 x 84 cm 2022
Untitled Mixed media on paper 29 x 21 cm 2022

I was about to pray
Irakli Mereli

Curation: Nini Darchia

At Gallery 4710, Tbilisi

April 22 — May 27, 2023

Photography: Sera Dzneladze

Irakli Mereli was born on August 28, 1992, in Batumi. He completed the Batumi Art School and started studying at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 2010 where he later (2018) continued his MFA studies focusing on painting and graphics.

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