Untitled 2022

This untitled drawing by Alevtyna Kakhidze captures a moment in time with deceptive simplicity. The artist uses ink and colored markers, embracing the immediacy of the medium. It’s like she’s thinking aloud on paper. The black lines are confident and economical, defining the figures and text with a raw honesty. The blocks of color, like the red lips and the text, are laid down quickly, almost like afterthoughts. There's an urgency in the marks. It’s not about perfection, but about getting the idea down, right now. I am especially drawn to the way that the different textual elements in the piece overlap and interweave with the figures, creating a sense of visual and textual density, almost like a collage. It reminds me a little of David Shrigley, but with a political edge, capturing a moment of protest with simple means. Like all good art, it embraces ambiguity and leaves space for us to bring our own interpretations to the table.