ATINATI: Artist in focus - Natela Iankoshvili

Artist in focus • Natela Iankoshvili (1918-2008) was one of the outstanding artists of the 20th century. She affected quintessentially in the history of Georgian art. In each of Iankoshvili’s works, be it a portrait, a landscape, an easel graphic, or an illustration for a book, the artist’s stubborn, bold, firm, and complex character seems fully embodied. Iankoshvili entered the independent creative arena shortly after the end of World War II, when the ideological imperative of social realism was still strong.
Hailing from Kakheti, she established her own creative principles with Kakhetian directness and persistence, and thus created an individual expressive language. The artist operates on the picture plane, with abstract arrays of colors created by nuanced green paint « raised » from the black background. The place of the sky is taken by undulating traces of bright (typically yellow) brushstrokes thrown expressively by the artist.
Music by: ვიპლიკები - „წარსულის მოჩვენება“