Untitled 2018

Editor: This is an "Untitled" ink drawing on paper by Alevtyna Kakhidze from 2018. The drawing style looks very informal and free, almost like a mind map or personal notes. What do you see in this piece? Curator: The immediate sense is one of raw, unfiltered thought. I’m drawn to the artist's inclusion of handwritten text woven within the images; how do these symbols interplay to create cultural meaning, I wonder? Notice how personal anxieties, rendered as these hand-drawn figures, become entangled with socio-political realities: Ukraine, “more than Crisis,” but rendered with quirky letterforms! Are these personal anxieties or societal ills? Or can the personal be intensely political? Editor: It's interesting that you focus on the symbolism in the handwriting, I was caught up in the overall layout and shapes initially. Is there a narrative here? Curator: It feels almost stream-of-consciousness, a visual representation of anxieties and possible "solutions," as noted in the upper left. How can art generate both political agency and challenge cultural memory? Does it question and address identity or history, when art gives tangible forms to complex emotions related to political themes, or when it adopts familiar historical signs in fresh settings? This is precisely how visual language builds continuity. Do you feel it connects to any shared emotional or psychological reality? Editor: I think I see it more as a window into the artist’s internal world and responses. I do agree it reveals some of how collective feelings surrounding politics might work. Curator: Yes, it's deeply personal but engages with a broader cultural memory, making the intimate feel universal. Perhaps there is more that connects us all.