ZE-Gavlena bilingual online magazine about Georgian Art. First edition of ZE-Gavlena represents collectable book and art book concept. The visual narration of the first issue of ZE-Gavlena is focused on the development of the collectible perception of art. It is based on the manifestation of the book, as well as its’ design as an art medium. Visual storytelling of this edition with its various thematic rubrics covers influences and important art tendencies which create our art identity, creative perception of the design and contemporary aesthetical values
Art critics “accuse”me of being I am a photo archaeologist. I pixelate, delete, and take screenshots. I often come across great novelties in someone else's art,
so great that I can no longer move on. I stop and stare at them. Then I think of another great artist and start to think about how I can bring these two giants
together in one space somehow – and I can't rest until I do that. At the same time, I want it to be glamorous... Words, phrases, images, they all catch up with
me and
nally I get tired. The work remains and re
ects others and what they say... But seen from my perspective. Yes, I see. I can see it! That is why God
brought me back to Georgia.
In the West, where I lived for a long time, there is a feeling of smugness... Of course, it is deservedly self-satis
ed with a thousand pedestals, a thousand
names...Art researchers have completed their job. Everyone and everything are under one's nose and on the stage, everyone and everything is dazzling...
Words are said and a picture is drawn. Big ideas in Georgia needs to be taken up to the stage. Where is the stage here?! This country is my country and it is a
paradise for art seekers and archaeologists. It needs to be examined... Great ideas are hidden here! You will encounter wonders – somewhere completely
unexpected – and everything is real, loved and...never appreciated. Something seen and understood by a few is a great luxury to
nd, see and understand.
In my country the world exists for existence. For life...
A contemporar-ist! ...ist?! Conceptual artist... Many things... Soviet Union critic... Perceiver of modernity and beyond... In all directions equally!
Together...Completely!
"Word object" - the man said! Try to get up to speed with him... That is why I came to Georgia for the second time... I needed to discover something similar.
However, I cannot completely cover Temo Javakhi. But I tried. So, I decided to cover him in a book. In one edition - Temo Javakhi! The book. Yes.
Of course, there will be limited amount and they will have their price... And I do not know what this amount is or what price something like this can have... It
will be placed on a coffee table at home. Or somewhere else on some other table. On a shelf... Temo Javakhi. Completely... You will take the big book, open it
and... “Wooow!”This is also the name of one of his paintings. He has many such works...
Ze-Gavlena concept author and Editor-in-Chief: Thea Goguadze
Design: Irina Kacharava (I-studio)
Cover: Temo Javakhi
