“I’m interested in giving clues to the viewer and make them think in order to decipher piece by piece a certain art setup which can resemble in a story. I’m mostly get inspired by timeless themes and global issues as well from self-experienced situations, but when it all leads me to an expression I like to describe it almost always indirectly. For example historical fact, literature (philosophy and science mostly), film, musical peace or certain person can lead me to new process without direct illustration of it all. My multimedia Installations consist of drawings, sculptures, paintings (layered and sometimes texturized acrylics, oil paints and pigments), objects, prints, animations, videos and sound. From notifications to technical drawings toproduction processes to final setups sometimes with studio assistants I’m trying to take all extra’s out in order to reduce art pieces visually and represent them as minimal as I can no matter how complex the concept might be. As an artist I might add things illusionary to complete empty or different reality, but art as we all know is an artifact – it can’t be more real than transformed expression sometimes aesthetic, wise or terrible.”
Konstantin Mindadze is a multimedia artist. Paintings, drawings, sculpture and video are part of larger projects, which are often installed in large-scale facilities. He is sometimes also a sound artist for his environmental installations. The artist studied at Graphic Lyceum and Rietveld Academy. His artistic activity started with the destruction of works made during studies. There are topics, which he constantly analyzes. Synthetic structure of the world, mental and biological reactions, lifecycle and death, existence and transience, love and loss, destruction and transformation, globalization and technologies, fears and religions, consumerism and commercialism, historical facts and processes of decay are the basic themes to which the artist often returns. He usually works on several projects simultaneously. Konstantin is sometimes interested in observing the changes of subjects and events. Some elements of his setups sometimes transform in parallel with true events and change visually.
Mindadze’s series “fragmentation” is related to the issues of life cycle and creates endless series of fragments, composed of different types of fragments. The series is based on philosophical ideas, which strive to make Equilibrium balance with minimalist shapes. The work is formed by different shaped fractured planes and creates a painting which is performed with the utmost precision. The works are perceived as sculptural objects by the author. Fragmented planes represents a continuation of one another, the distance between them and the empty space participate in the creation of the complete look of the artwork.
In the last few years the artist has created environmental installations for the long-term exhibitions presented in various exhibition spaces and major museums. Besides his controversial multimedia pieces, one of his signature oeuvre includes above mentioned, ongoing series of “fragmentations”. In Amsterdam he is a member of Artists and Curators association Arti et Amicitiae. In Georgia, he is the founder CAI (Contemporary Art Industry). Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Tbilisi, Georgia
