Untitled 2022

Alevtyna Kakhidze made this drawing using a felt tip pen on paper. You can see how Kakhidze approaches artmaking almost like play; it’s immediate, unedited, and unfiltered. The lines that form the outline of the truck are confident, but there are also wobbles and inconsistencies. The word "Efter" (After) suggests a narrative or a reflection on time, but the drawing’s simple forms resist any straightforward interpretation. Look at the hatch marks of the dark shapes in the truck’s trailer. They could be almost anything: luggage, coal, or even bodies. The ambiguity is what makes it so compelling. Kakhidze’s work shares this sense of playful inquiry with artists like David Shrigley, who also combines text and image in deceptively simple ways. It feels as though drawing, for Kakhidze, is a way of thinking on paper, a fluid process that welcomes uncertainty.