Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Newest Member: Stephanie Marx

Stephanie Marx
Oberlausitz
Woodcut
59x72 cm
Edition of 10
2005

Stephanie Marx
Thüringen
Woodcut
70x90 cm
Edition of 10
2005

Stephanie with her son Felix

I am very proud that Stephanie joined the Art Club Caucasus ! Stephanie is from Dresden and lives now in Leipzig. She is making marvelous wood cuts and is presented by Gallery grounded, more info here: http://www.grounded-art.com/kuenstler/Haupttext/Stephanie_Marx%20eng.htm

Stephanie is a partner of the Artists Group Hoch+Partner, CV and more works here:
http://www.hoch-und-partner.com/stephanie_arb.html

Monday, February 11, 2008

AUSSTELLUNG: Bilder voller Alltagspoesie. Georgische Fotografin Marika Asatiani stellt in der Residence Blumen aus. (in Leipzig)

Von Grit Friedrich (LVZ)

click on the photo for larger version >>>

click here for pdf >>>

Photographies by Marika Asatiani (Set)

more to Marika Asatiani >>>

ATELIER HOLGER JOHN

www.holger-john.com

JESUS RAUCHT!

View to Indurta, Tsovata by Pridon

View to Indurta, Tsovata, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Pridon Beroshvili is our newest member and also our host in Tusheti. Pridon is married to a Tush woman, they have two kids. He is working as a Data Base Developer in Tbilisi and his hobby are hunting rifles. ( http://guns.ge )

He is active in supporting the reconstruction of a very old church in Kakheti, more info here on

http://darba.com/ekl/

Andreas Thieme, painters painter, Dresden

andreas-thieme5, originally uploaded by grijsz.

andreas-thieme4, originally uploaded by grijsz.

andreas-thieme3, originally uploaded by grijsz.

andreas-thieme2, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Ok, after Herr Holger John joined the Club as the best living German drawer a short time ago, today joined the Art Club from the same famous town of Dresden, the best living German painter (at least too me, and a few others) Herr Andreas Thieme.

I am incredible glad, as he told me, that he tries to join our little party in August, despite his duties in the studio. He said, he will eventually do some small drawings in Tusheti :-)

andreas-thieme1, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Willkommen Herr Thieme !

NEW: Painting by Maka Batiashvili: Teenager, 2008, 60x50cm

more by Maka Batiashvili can you find here >>>

The artist lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she was born in 1975. After her studies of monumental painting she devoted herself to smaller formats and video works that were shown in diverse exhibitions in Georgia. Her works are journeys into silent strange worlds – thanks to concentrated observations from an unusual perspective, and thanks to their references to Georgian everyday life. Apart from her work as artist Maka Batiashvili is member of the Georgian Artist Group and curates and organises political actions.

"Art is not only a means of pleasure, but also expression and establishment of freedom, the relation of the internal world to the surrounding environment (…), the conflict of idealism and realism, the relation between the existence and non-existence. The mentality of the artist is always related to the events around him, because these events create the art." (Maka Batiashvili)

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Where do we go... here you see: Reunion 2008 Tusheti

Plans getting concrete for the Art Club Caucasus International 1st Reunion in Tusheti 2nd half of August 2008

I hope that all of our members, who do want, can join our first Reunion. You should come to Tbilisi at around 15th or 16th of August. We stay 2 easy days in Tbilisi, to show you some studios and Art Cafes and then we move slowly to Kakheti, the Wine Region in Eastern Georgia, where we will have some glasses of wine, probably, we will stay in the village Alvani at different houses of my friends.

Then we go up in the mountains to Tusheti, and stay there 6-7-8 days, then we go back down, and the next day back to Tbilisi. Then you are free to enjoy some more time in Georgia, independent or in groups or all together, f.e. at the Black Sea beaches or somewhere else, but that will not organized by myself, as artists are against too much organizing I guess ;-))

So, we go to Kakheti on 17th of August and are back in Tbilisi probably by 26th or 27th.

If you are sure, that you want to join, please drop me a message at kaukasus@gmail.com

All photos are by Trix Zürcher, Switzerland, who joined our last Cattle Drive in September/October 2007

See the whole set of Trix' photos here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caucasus/sets/72157603883645535/

Have fun !

Hans Heiner Buhr

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Cattle Drive Tusheti by Trix Zürcher, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Oleg Timchenko: Russian nude

Oleg Timchenko: Russian nude, originally uploaded by grijsz.

I met Oleg yesterday for the first after his return from a 3 month stay in Amsterdam, he is a must in our Club, and is our newest member

Oleg Timchenko

He is one of the finest guys around I was lucy to meet.

Oleg will have a big show End of May, around the 26th, at the Georgian Embassy in Den Haag with around 40 paintings. I post details as I inquire.

Oleg has no website yet, but a couple of his works can be found at Flickr here

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Oleg%20Timchenko&w=all&s=int

and there is a nice portrait of Oleg here:

http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1482238&ref=author

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Guy Richards Smit with Fred, London at Arco 08, Madrid

guy-richards-smit-watercolor, originally uploaded by grijsz.

New Works by Guy Richards Smit, who has a Solo Project with Fred, London at Arco 08, Madrid, February 15-17th, 2008, HALL 09 STAND 273

more info

FRED [London] Ltd.
45 Vyner Street
London E2 9DQ
T: +44 (0)20 8981 2987
F: +44 (0)20 8981 8912
http://www.fred-london.com/

and here more about this particular project at Fred's Gallery

http://www.fred-london.com/index.php?mode=exhibitions&id=39

Getting a haircut Tbilisi

getting-haircut-tbilisi-2, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Gldani, Tbilisi, Angela working

Old Tbilisi February Night

old-tbilisi-night5, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Alex came over from Brussels and we had some cool talks about the Club. He will stay here until late Autumn, maybe even settle in/near Tbilisi together with his wonderful mother.

http://transcaucasian.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Sławomir Mściwoj Gębczyński

Sławomir Gębczyński, From the series "Disposibles"

I am very glad to add

Sławomir Mściwoj Gębczyński

to the Art Club Caucasus, a fresh young artist from Szczecin, Poland

He describes himself as Journalist, Painter, Artist and Poet.

See Slaveks works at his blogs

http://gebczynski.blogspot.com/

and

http://slawomirgebczynski.blogspot.com/

Sławomir Gębczyński, From the series "Disposibles"

Monday, February 4, 2008

Horse thief with wife

ht-wife-draw2, originally uploaded by grijsz.

BERLIN BERLIN

foto: john
www.holger-john.com

Erdbeer'n pflücken, Ist es doch nicht weit zum Wald,

Friedrich Hebbel (1813-1863)

Lied

Erdbeer'n pflücken,
Ist es doch nicht weit zum Wald,
Wollen junge Rosen brechen,
Sie verwelken ja so bald!

Droben jene Wetterwolke,
Die dich ängstigt, fürcht' ich nicht;
Nein, sie ist mir sehr willkommen,
Denn die Mittagssonne sticht.

All die sengend-heißen Stralen,
Die uns drohen, löscht sie aus,
Und wenn sie sich selbst entladet,
Sind wir lange schon zu Haus!

Tändelnd flecht' ich dann die Rosen
In dein dunkelbraunes Haar,
Und du bietest Beer' um Beere
Meinen durst'gen Lippen dar.

via http://blog.lyrikmail.de/
and http://www.lyrikmail.de

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Nino and Konstantin

Nino and Konstantin, originally uploaded by grijsz.

Nino with her husband Konstantin Sulaberidze, Artists, at New Art Cafe, Tbilisi

Georgian party

Georgian party, originally uploaded by grijsz.

at New Art Cafe, Tbilisi, Georgia

Don't get homesick, but plan your trip to Georgia for August now ... ;-)

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Art Review Digital

if you are like we in Tbilisi a bit of the track regarding Art Magazines then there is the cool
Art Review Digital online to read in full version. Some of you might be interested to read a talk between the painters Luc Tuymans and Wilhelm Sasnal, it gives some insights in the working process and state of mind of both.

Art Review Digital Issue 19

Friday, February 1, 2008

One painting and one drawing

hermelin-da-vinci, originally uploaded by grijsz.

My all time favorite painting ever,... and I have seen the original, it was a fantastic moment...

Source:
http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke.images/I/1300034a.jp g

drawing-davinci, originally uploaded by grijsz.

One of my favorite drawings ever, also by Leonardo, a study for the Anghiari Battle Fresco

Source:
http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke.images/I/2200145a.jpg