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Contemporary Art Archive - Tbilisi

Archive of Academic Writings

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

Personal icons (Exposition view)

Painting

Mariam Akubardia

Acrylic, wood
2017
Photo: Photo credits: Mariam Akubardia

Being of my existence in time is defined by nine personal structures: food, love, tranquility, intimate places, and dreams where time and location are absolutely abstract. I created my personal icons, which are liberated from the canonical icon painting procedure, to depict my state of existence in time and space in accordance with the six structures.