Industry 1927

"Industry" (1927) by David Kakabadzé (1889-1952) is a striking example of geometric abstraction, showcasing the artist's fascination with the interplay of form and space. This charcoal drawing on paper, housed at the Art Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi, features a dominant, angular structure that appears to be a bridge, its form rendered in a rich brown tone against a shadowy, almost abstract, background. The artist's use of geometric forms, perspective, and light and dark contrasts imbues the work with a sense of both dynamism and monumentality, reflecting the burgeoning industrial landscape of the early 20th century.