Traumatic Memory in Postcolonial Georgian Art Space

Abstract

In 90s of 20th century Georgian public consciousness faced the significant challenge. On one hand, it was necessary to properly re-think and evaluate he soviet experience, redefine the national identity and on the other – restoration of the artificially broken relations with the western cultural context and integration of Georgian art into the European space.

Within the scopes of our report we shall discuss Karlo Kacharava’s many-sided heritage and attempt to demonstrate, on the basis of interdisciplinary and comparative analysis, the position of Georgian avant-gardist, as an artist and thinker with post-colonial experience – Karlo Kacharava’s vision of Georgian art processes in 80-90s and their relations to the western cultural context.