Untitled. Srawberry Andreevna 2015

Alevtyna Kakhidze’s work is comprised of a number of paper fragments on which she has handwritten in red and blue inks. I see something so raw and improvisational about this work. I can imagine the artist writing each fragment as a response to something. A memory, a conversation, a dream. I can see this as a kind of mind map where the artist is trying to think through something that's on their mind. The way she's juxtaposing drawing and text reminds me a bit of someone like Jess Collins. She would take these found images and texts and create new meanings from them. There's something very satisfying about how Kakhidze puts these different elements together. It's like she's trying to create a kind of visual poem, that is both personal and universal. This work reminds me of the ongoing conversation between artists across time, inspiring one another’s creativity.