Untitled 2022

Alevtyna Kakhidze made this drawing with pens, probably felt tips and some markers by the looks of it. I can feel the hand of the artist moving so freely! Look at that lightbulb, and how it floats next to the figure on the left, and the two suns at the top - the artist has given us so much information with such little means. It makes me think of the freedom of line that Cy Twombly had in his own work. I wonder what Kakhidze was thinking when she made this? It feels like she’s letting us into a private conversation. It reminds me of some work I made after a breakup, with an acidic bright palette, and the way those blues and yellows vibrate against the black lines. Painting can capture all these feelings, it’s about artists responding to each other across time, being open to new possibilities, and letting the unexpected emerge. Painting is an ongoing conversation.