Curated By_Vienna 2011: East By South West
12 May - 04 Jun 2011
CURATED BY_VIENNA 2011: EAST BY SOUTH WEST
casualties_THEA DJORDJADZE
12 May - 4 June, 2011
A carpet is a versatile piece of furniture used by nomads. A carpet can be taken from one place to another without difficulty. For nomads, it is also a matter of taking a piece of their "homeland" with them. Living in buildings – with or without carpets – but also living within languages, is something that we are all familiar with. Being able to speak several languages also implies being able to lead a nomadic life.
The Berlin-based artist Thea Djordjadze, born 1971 in the Georgian capital Tbilis, switches in a seemingly effortless manner between Georgian, her second language Russian, German and also English. Therefore it is not surprising that carpet-like patterns weave structurally throughout her work.
Djordjadze's practice deals with the underlying meanings of minimalism and the materials she uses are inspired by modernism, post-modernism and their attributions.
She deconstructs her materials into their ideological components in order to highlight the social utility that was rendered invisible by architecture and design.
Djordjadze's fascination for functionalism and formalism is distinctive in her installations. She is interested in identifying the symbiosis of the "assumed" contradiction between conceptual and intuitive action in her work: How can function and form be read beyond their utility. Thea Djordjadze's objects, sculptures and installations are a poetic analysis of our everyday life.
casualties_THEA DJORDJADZE
12 May - 4 June, 2011
A carpet is a versatile piece of furniture used by nomads. A carpet can be taken from one place to another without difficulty. For nomads, it is also a matter of taking a piece of their "homeland" with them. Living in buildings – with or without carpets – but also living within languages, is something that we are all familiar with. Being able to speak several languages also implies being able to lead a nomadic life.
The Berlin-based artist Thea Djordjadze, born 1971 in the Georgian capital Tbilis, switches in a seemingly effortless manner between Georgian, her second language Russian, German and also English. Therefore it is not surprising that carpet-like patterns weave structurally throughout her work.
Djordjadze's practice deals with the underlying meanings of minimalism and the materials she uses are inspired by modernism, post-modernism and their attributions.
She deconstructs her materials into their ideological components in order to highlight the social utility that was rendered invisible by architecture and design.
Djordjadze's fascination for functionalism and formalism is distinctive in her installations. She is interested in identifying the symbiosis of the "assumed" contradiction between conceptual and intuitive action in her work: How can function and form be read beyond their utility. Thea Djordjadze's objects, sculptures and installations are a poetic analysis of our everyday life.