Untitled 2022

Alevtyna Kakhidze made this drawing with simple lines and colors. It's like a page torn from a sketchbook, alive with imagination. The dragon breathes fire, not just any fire, but strokes of red, like the artist is pushing back with their own expression! I feel her urgency in this image. The figures huddle and scatter, and I wonder if she felt like them, or if she felt like the dragon? Maybe she felt like both. It's all about push and pull. She uses simple marks to express a range of emotions, like a Cy Twombly drawing. The thing about drawing is that it’s immediate. It captures a fleeting thought, and here, it’s like Kakhidze is sharing a raw, unfiltered moment with us. She shares her voice using the language of line, form, and feeling, joining a conversation of artists across time and place who embrace vulnerability and directness.