Street Art Performance Headed by Anton Albert
Within the National Museum of Georgia project ‘Modern Art Gallery’ the anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death 500 years ago was celebrated in part with a street art performance headed by Anton Albert from France and Otar Tsagareishvili from Georgia.
The street artist, photographer, painter and sculptor Anton Albert, also known as Mr. OneTeas is famous for his work as a ‘Humanist Artist.’ His works often depict social networks, virtual reality, environment crisis and the critic of modern consumer-market. The artist uses humor and irony and additionally invites the onlookers to discuss 21st century challenges. Throughout the last 10 years, Albert has created more than 800 works of art in New York, Chicago, Brussels, Zurich, Prague, Moscow, Monaco, Nice, Paris and other cities in France. He is exceptional in his field for having an innovative approach and being unpredictable.
Otar Tsagareishvili is a young Georgian artist, who, despite his age is a well-known representative in his field of Street Art. He is also the graphic designer for ‘Forbes Women Georgia’. He has participated in festivals such as, ‘UPFEST’ (Bristol) and UN ‘Global Days’ also in England. Otari is an author of not one but many international projects and company logos. He has also painted numerous walls in Tbilisi and Gudauri, embracing the project ‘Niko”.
The curator of the project is Eka Enukidze, who often represents international projects in Georgia. These projects include the Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition in Tbilisi; the 70th anniversary of Robert Capa’s visit to Georgia; and photo-exhibition ‘Tbilisi in Magnums Books’ in Frankfurt. She also curated the transmission of archives of brothers Zubalashvili to the Georgian National History Museum.
Since the late 20th century, ‘Street Art’ has become one of the most dynamic and fastest growing artforms in modern art, showing the tests and tendencies of the modern age. The artform has developed throughout the years with more than a thousand styles as a tool of portrayal of modern visages. That is why bringing the project to life in the boundaries of ‘Modern Art Gallery’ is of high importance for the development of modern Georgian art.
A demonstration-performance was held on December 7 at the Georgian National Youth Palace.
By Beka Alexishvili