The series focuses on art in general, its past and the present, the topics of classical art, Greek civilization and its theology, Apollo and the muses, Venus and the sea foam, Danae and Zeus who turned into the golden rain and of course, omnipotent Eros. 

Avtandil Gakhokidze’s works take the private, intimate experiences as their themes, which provide numerous references in the history of art. However, this does not mean that at a certain moment they will not become the sources of inspiration for the others as well. 

The series of naturalistic portraits emphasizes eroticism of artistic protagonists through the curves of a body, its nakedness, genitalia, androgen identity. Dramatic and extravagant character of the images are enhanced thanks to the decorative motifs of the background or their use as independent elements such as a carpet, flowers, leaves, leopard patterns, net of a golden rain. 

Avtandil Gakhokidze’s controversial, somewhat provocative style where citations from the history of the western art intersect with the contemporary visual images makes him the representative of one of the most popular trends of the current days. Here we mean artistic experiments, which are defined by the processes of globalization and where the experiences of different contexts meet each other in artistic hybrids similar to the works of Yinka Shonibare or Kehinde Wiley. In the works of these artists creative forms are produced through a synthesis of the history of western art and African or Afro-American experiences that are determined by post-colonial criticism and accents of national identity. Avtandil Gakhokidze’s hybrids result from free manipulation of historically legalized models and academic experiences. The artist offers their deconstruction incorporating in the works the elements of kitsch and expressing the generalized forms as specific identities. 

- Khatuna Khabuliani, Art Historian, PhD, 2019