The visually gripping and deeply poignant “Winter which was not there” (2017) by the Georgian artist Vajiko Chachkhiani (born 1985) invites us to think about an individual’s existence and the hidden layers of the past.
A sculpture, pulled up from the bottom of the sea under a watchful eye and hitched to the back of a car.
A sculpture, dragged callously along roads and through the streets until it ceases to exist.
“Winter which was not there” shows us a poetic and symbolic interpretation of a person’s identity and the erasing of one’s own past. Even if there remains nothing but emptiness, is the past really gone? Can the past really disappear if there is still someone who remembers?
Artist: Vajiko Chachkhiani
Curator: Kristlyn Liier
Graphic design: Laura Merendi
Exhibition team: Richard Adang, Indrek Grigor, Margus Joonsalu, Rene Kriisa, Katrin Lõoke, Lauri Mei, Jaanika Peebo and Anti Saar
Galerii nimi: Tartu Art Museum
Address: Raekoja plats 18, Tartu, Estonia
Opening hours: Wed 11:00 - 18:00 Thu 11:00 - 20:00 Fri-Sun 11:00 - 18:00
Open: 08.03.2025 — 04.05.2025
Types of art: Video
Address: Raekoja plats 18, Tartu, Estonia
Opening hours: Wed 11:00 - 18:00 Thu 11:00 - 20:00 Fri-Sun 11:00 - 18:00
Open: 08.03.2025 — 04.05.2025