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Contemporary Art Archive - Tbilisi

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2021 Edition of the Project is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth of Georgia

My Mother's Hair (detail)

Sculpture,Installation

Uta Bekaia

mixed media installation, tapestry,canvas, wood, human hair, acrylic paint, semiprecious rhinestones
2015
150x150 cm.
Photo: from Artisterium N8 Catalog, What's On Your Mind, 2015

The installation investigates the synthesis of the animal origins and the intellectual thinking of a human being. The hair, as a symbol of animalistic beginnings in humans, represents both masculinity and femininity at the same time. It’s an attempt to investigate subconscious ties between one’s heritage, knowledge, instinct, and sexuality.