Levan Mindiashvili

what color is the Black Sea?

March 8 - May 12, 2021

Press Release and Selected Works (PDF)

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Exhibition catalog with essay by Lilly Wei

Preview (Online PDF)

Published by Marisa Newman Projects

Softcover, 7×7 in (18×18 cm), # of Pages: 20

ISBN 9781034761488

Order

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Press

Frieze (by Saul Anton / In Print: September 2021 - Issue 221)

Art in America (by David Ebony)

HYPERALLERGIC (by Louis Bury)

ARTMIRROR (Editorial)

Netgazeti (by Ia Merkviladze)

COOL HUNTING (by David Graver)

AT_ (in Georgian)

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what color is the Black Sea? 2021

Artist’s photograph silkscreened with oil on latex fabric, tangerine tree in glass aquarium, horticulture growing lights, oil on green latex in folded brass frame, corroded brass sheet, stone from the black sea shore, plant in lab glass vase, marble weight holders, brass incense holder, on aluminum sheet mounted on plywood and steel; Palm tree wrapped in natural latex, burlap, and fake fur coat with crystalized stone; Blacked out white neon, Hedgehog 27 sec. video loop on iPad on yellow fur pillow on stainless steel stand, Christmas Cactus in cut-crystal vase on stainless steel stand.

Center piece: 84 x 112 x 41 inches. Overall dimensions variable.

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Levan Mindiashvili is a Georgian born Brooklyn based visual artist. He holds his BFA from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (2003), and MFA from Buenos Aires National University of Arts (2010). His work has been shown at the East Slovak Gallery, Kosovo; Elizabeth Foundation for Arts Projects Space, NY; Shau Fenster, Berlin; BRIC Arts Center, Brooklyn; National Museum of China, Beijing; Georgian National Museum, among others. His recent solo presentations were held at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY; NARS Foundation, Brooklyn; NADA Miami; Tbilisi Art Fair’19; and Berlin Art Fair’19. He is The Socrates Sculpture Park 2021 Fellow and a recipient of the Peter S Reed Foundation Grant (2020), NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program fellowship (2020), Creative Time X Summit grant (2019), AIM Fellowship of the Bronx Museum of the Arts (2019), and of the National Endowments for the Arts (2014). His work has been the subject of an essay by Christian Rattemeyer for the OSMOS Magazine fall issue (2019). His work has been mentioned in publications as Artnet News, The Art Newspaper, ArtAsia Pacific, HYPERALLERGIC, Observer, Huffington Post, Art Margins, among others. His works are in public collections of The National Museum of Art of China, Beijing; Georgian National Museum, Mestia; State Silk Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia.