Art – Merab Abramishvili
I used to dream of being a tiger tamer in childhood. I did not manage to realize that dream, instead, I make my childhood dreams alive on canvas - Merab AbramiSvili. Merab Abramishvili (16 March 1957 – 22 June 2006) was a Georgian painter whose works were influenced by medieval arts and European neo-expressionism. Impressed by the medieval frescoes from the Ateni Sioni Church, the artist adopted the gesso technique to create the texture of a mural in his easel painting as well. Due to his unique visual language and aesthetics, Abramishvili emerged as one of the leading Georgian artists, who went beyond the established Soviet-era [...]