Recently I was observing the artworks of Alexander Bandzeladze and I feel I caught the point exactly as to how much internal freedom is required from the author to create an abstract painting. It seems like he effaces all conditional boundaries and plunges entirely into boundless freedom where the borderland between the reality and mysterious world totally disappears. You are not bothered by the feeling of being chained to the earth and you perceive the total freedom, you feel like you are moving away even from yourself. Alexander Bandzeladze himself has claimed: “Since I have started creating abstractions, I feel such a sense of freedom as if I was born again”.

But reaching this state of mind is definitely not easy as well; it seems like the author needs to deal with lots of obstacles and meet number of challenges in order to find internal power in him and what is the most important acquire the right to access its depth.

I think it is the same with Tato Akhalkatsishvili as well. Features of traditional painting in his works have “sneaked” into obscurity, and now he is searching for absolutely abstract “forms expressing emotions”. Here, his subject and plot gradually disappears and only independent and sometimes decorative depiction of color and form remains.

According to the most part of the leading artists in this field abstract art is able to express the reality of the world as well as emotions of an author much more deeply. I do not know exactly how deeply Tato experiences the reflection of subconscious reality in the abstract manner; however, one thing is clear: now he has a dialogue with his own subconscious ego and tries to catch it and put something maybe still unexplained internal secret on paper.

Therefore it is absolutely natural that the influence of some artists tinges his works while being in search of new relevant forms and the viewer immediately understands: when he creates, when he plays and when he feels.

The artist’s passion for abstract art might be somewhat unexpected for many people as the society expects quite different paintings from him. Even so I think that his last works are the reasonable continuation of his art as it is a Tato’s attempt to express the form seen in reality in abstracto.

 

Tatia Gvineria

Art Critic