The current situation puts us in front of the strange and invisible processes. The events are taking a dramatic turn. In this series of changes, the role of the artist becomes critical. Primarily, this role concerns the reassessment of the existing order of things. Art has been able to give a contrasting meaning to objects since ancient times - like turning the tragedy into the beauty and vice versa. Under current circumstances, daily, practical contact with objects has increased. As a result, their aesthetic value has been called under the question. In his works, Tezi Gabunia focuses on everyday objects. They become like museum artifacts. This underlines two circumstances: one is that they acquire the properties of a work of art, and the other is that objects reveal their own identity through the representation of a function. This process is preceded by the separation of a subject and it’s function as an act of impossible consumption and use. Should we accept this order of things? Or should we oppose their identity? In both cases, critical tension is created, which itself is the result of the existing changes.

Text: Dato Koroshinadze
Photo: Giorgi Nakashidze
Gallery: 4710