Artist Salome Dumbadze to question Gender norms in upcoming Tbilisi show
The 4710 show will be the first solo display for Dumbadze, a Tbilisi-based artist who has been part of group exhibitions in the city. Image via 4710.
Tweet 
Share
Questions on societal attitudes to gender identity and connection to its signifiers will be explored in a display of artist Salome Dumbadze, opening in Tbilisi later this month.
Works reflecting conforming stereotypes of femininity - handed down generations in patriarchal cultures - will be on display at the city's 4710 gallery and challenging understandings of roles in the gender binary.
A preview for the show said artworks selected for Where it pours gleam were built by objects underlining the "feminine aesthetics dictated to the generations" and seen primarily in colour but also form and material.
There's a passive disturbance behind the glittery, well known feminine environment - is it the society giving the instructions or does the gender identity truly tie with the colour pink?" - preview for the display
Questioning and re-thinking the binary choices is at the heart of the exhibition that also takes a look at the uneasy acceptance of the norms by those they are handed down to, embracing the "reflected glam" while also experiencing a duality of reaction to it.
Along with visual works by Dumbadze - made specifically for the debut exhibition - the 4710 show will also involve sound by Luka Chkhaidze.
Tbilisi-based Dumbadze's artistic practice involves reflection or reevaluation of past sensations or emotions through observation, with the creative working with "specific subjects in empty spaces" for the desired effect. Ahead of her solo show Dumbadze told at.ge she was looking forward to prospects of working in other media, including video and music.
Recently the artist was part of Not a Charity Auction, a group display hosted in Tbilisi in December where emerging artistic trends and forms were showcased via exhibits devoid of their context of practical use and objects created from experimental source material.
Where it pours gleam is expected to open at 4710, located at 19, Amaghleba Street in the Georgian capital, on March 20 and run through May 20.