Niko Pirosmani: Black Light

by Niko Pirosmani (Artist)

Black a concise introduction to the beloved modernist and fabled painter Georgia’s most famous artist, Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918) is a fabled figure in the story of early modernism. The painter, self-taught and penniless during his lifetime, was heralded posthumously for his "naive" style. Pirosmani’s paintings are simple―blunt, colorful depictions of rustic scenes gleaming against black canvas backgrounds, extraordinary icons of glowing intensity.
This exhibition catalog showcases around 50 rarely seen Pirosmani masterpieces alongside a historical text on the artist written in 1926 by Kirill Zdanevich (who "discovered" Pirosmani); a fictional (but historically accurate) essay discussing Tbilisi as the Paris of Pirosmani’s age by the Danish art historian and writer, Kaspar Thormod; an interview with the Georgian art historian Nana Kipiani and her artist husband Levan Chogoshvili by Swiss curator Daniel Baumann; and reflections on the artist by contemporary artists Thea Djordjadze, Mamma Andersson and Tal R.

Genres: Art

94 pages, Hardcover

Published December 5, 2023

Reviews

[Otto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informativer, gut gestalteter Katalog zu Ausstellung über den georgischen naiven Nationalmaler Niko Pirosmani

[Deema · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got introduced to Niko's artwork for the first time by a really good friend of mine,
I'm really impressed by his work and what he did!