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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

Accessories for Luxury Vision (Mirror, Braid, Zilfi) in a Body Bag

Object,Installation

Mari Kalabegashvili

Body Bag from Red Cross (ICRC), Cloth, Branch, Metal and Plastic wire, Wax, Conifer, Photo Print on Canvas
2020
160 x 210 x 10 cm cm.
Work in series at Maudi Exhibition Space and Fabrika Exhibition Space, Tbilisi

Accessories for Luxury Vision is a series of work in which I use found materials from specific places and then represent them into gallery settings.Combining conflict as an entry point and my interest in archeology, here I use a body bag aquired from Red Cross (ICRC) and found materials from the local environment, and alter them to create an artwork, which mimics antique tombs and jewlery pieces as seen in the museums.