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

Clay Pieces Fit Parts of my Body

Object,Installation

Mari Kalabegashvili

Clay, pigment, cloth, silk, metal structure
2019
45 x 250 x 4 cm cm.

I gather my physical body as a living process, the visuals of which I can imagine and recreate. I recreate a body that is abstract, and in the time of my observation, is in a state of conflict. As a material, I view clay as a trace of an external influence (pressure), that after time forms into a solid object, a relic of passing over a great experience. Clay as the soil is also associated with the human body and the sensation of touch. As for silk, I use its delicacy, lightness, and permeability as a material that points to the ephemeral action, and has the association of respiration.