Niko Pirosmani: Black Light |
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| Artist:
| Pirosmani, Niko |
| Editor:
| Bruun, Malou Wedel
Tøjner, Poul Erik |
| Contribution by:
| Andersson, Mamma
Djordjadze, Thea
R, Tal |
| Interviewee:
| Baumann, Daniel
Chogoshvili, Levan
Kipiani, Nana |
| Text by:
| Thormod, Kaspar
Zdanevich, Kirill |
| ISBN: | 978-87-93659-66-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2023 |
| Publisher: | Louisana Museum of Modern Art
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Black light: a concise introduction to the beloved modernist and fabled painter
Georgia's most famous artist, Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918) is a fabled figure in the story of early modernism. The painter, self-taught and penniless during his lifetime, was heralded posthumously for his "naive" style. Pirosmani's paintings are simple--blunt, colorful depictions of rustic scenes gleaming against black canvas backgrounds, extraordinary icons of glowing intensity. This...
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Black light: a concise introduction to the beloved modernist and fabled painter
Georgia's most famous artist, Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918) is a fabled figure in the story of early modernism. The painter, self-taught and penniless during his lifetime, was heralded posthumously for his "naive" style. Pirosmani's paintings are simple--blunt, colorful depictions of rustic scenes gleaming against black canvas backgrounds, extraordinary icons of glowing intensity.
This exhibition catalog showcases around 50 rarely seen Pirosmani masterpieces alongside a historical text on the artist written in 1926 by Kirill Zdanevich (who "discovered" Pirosmani); a fictional (but historically accurate) essay discussing Tbilisi as the Paris of Pirosmani's age by the Danish art historian and writer, Kaspar Thormod; an interview with the Georgian art historian Nana Kipiani and her artist husband Levan Chogoshvili by Swiss curator Daniel Baumann; and reflections on the artist by contemporary artists Thea Djordjadze, Mamma Andersson and Tal R.