Extreme Areas exhibition unites Georgian, Ukrainian and French artists
Tweet 
Share
A contemporary art exhibition involving Georgian, Ukrainian and French artists has opened in Georgia’s Black Sea resort town Batumi to raise awareness of the similarities and differences between the three nations, the people and cultures.
On August 14 the Extreme Areas photography exhibition opened in Batumi; it was the final instalment of a three-part series that was first held in France in January then in Ukraine in April.
One of the guests who visited the exhibition was German photographer Swen Marquardt (centre). Photo by Contemporary Art Space Facebook page.
Organisers said the aim of the multi-national exhibition was to raise awareness of the three nations by comparing and contrasting the experiences, cultural and social activities of the artists.
The exhibition was a joint venture by France’s largest higher art school EESAB (École Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne), Ukraine’s Visual Communication School and Georgia’s Tbilisi Academy of Arts together with the Centre for Contemporary Arts (ССA) and the Trump Foundation.
The exhibition will continue until August 24, 2015.
Works by leading artists from Kaliningrad – a small seaport city in the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea – have been collected to feature in the Made in Kaliningrad exhibition, currently on in capital Tbilisi.
Poignant photos depicting the Russian-Georgian war are on display in Tbilisi as the country marks the seventh anniversary of the short but violent war.
The Georgia-Ukraine exhibition Through shaped manifesto - The disappearance of the way will go beyond the borders of Georgia and teach the international community about Georgia and Ukraine's different histories and reality from different angles, said organisers.
Contemporary costumes and creative fashion pieces by Georgian artist Nino Chubinishvili, known in her industry as Chubika, is going on display at a New York art gallery for the next two months in what is her first official solo exhibition in the United States (US).
Visit the Georgian National Museum and discover the treasures and troves of Georgian soldiers as they fought bravely in the Second World War.
Have you ever seen images of the Caucasian Front during World War I?