Untitled 2022

This untitled artwork is a drawing by Alevtyna Kakhidze. It's got this off-the-cuff quality, made with simple tools, maybe felt tip pens. You can see the artist thinking, right there on the paper, how certain feelings have intensified over time. I think it's interesting that Kakhidze combines text and image. Like, how do words and pictures work together? She’s scrawling text in german, then there's this figure filled with red scribbles which spell out the word "Angst", or fear. And the figure is holding a small German flag. What was Kakhidze feeling when she made this? Maybe anger, certainly anxiety and frustration about the passing of time. I feel like this drawing might be a bit like Cy Twombly's work, how it all just comes spilling out. It’s like the artist is in conversation with her feelings, and she's inviting us to join in. That's painting at its best, isn't it?