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NINO KIPSHIDZE

Artist in Focus - Nino Kipshidze (ნინო ყიფშიძე, 1958)⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ”From 1975 to 1980 Nino Kipshidze studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Art History.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Established in Bauhaus as a fine art, textile or fiber art has gone through several stages of development, blurring the line between art and craft. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Cloth printing and the application of coloured threads, patterns and overlays have become new ways of artistic expression, with textile artworks being increasingly displayed at art exhibitions. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣Widespread in Georgia long before, patchwork has acquired a new dimension in Nino Kipshidze’s works. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Small pieces of cloth of different colors and textures, masterly combined into thematic compositions, offer a convincing visual representation of reality. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Kipshidze’s works follow the central principle of easel painting – the space and plane are structured through the exploration and interpretation of the figurative and decorative potential of color patches. ⁣⁣⁣⁣Like a painter, she constructs her works by distributing colours over the plane.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Thanks to the powerfully expressive images and forms in her landscapes, still lifes and figurative compositions, her works escape the limits of patchwork and acquire a surprisingly painterly effect”. ⁣⁣⁣⁣