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Niko Pirosmani
Black Light
- DAP - MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS
- Louisiana Museum of Art (DAP)
- by Niko Pirosmani, Malou Wedel Bruun, Poul Erik Tøjner, Mamma Andersson, Thea Djordjadze, Tal R, Daniel Baumann, Levan Chogoshvili, Nana Kipiani, Kaspar Thormod
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| Publisher | DAP - MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9788793659667 |
| Author(s) | Niko Pirosmani, Malou Wedel Bruun, Poul Erik Tøjner, Mamma Andersson, Thea Djordjadze, Tal R, Daniel Baumann, Levan Chogoshvili, Nana Kipiani, Kaspar Thormod |
| Publication date | November 2023 |
| Edition | Hardback |
| Dimensions | 260 x 216 mm |
| Illustrations | 48 col.ill. |
| Pages | 96 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
| Exhibition | Louisiana Museum of Art (DAP) |
Description
Black light: a concise introduction to the beloved modernist and fabled painter.
Georgia's most famous artist, Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918) is a fabled figure in the story of early modernism. The painter, self-taught and penniless during his lifetime, was heralded posthumously for his "naive" style. Pirosmani's paintings are simple-blunt, colorful depictions of rustic scenes gleaming against black canvas backgrounds, extraordinary icons of glowing intensity.
This exhibition catalog showcases around 50 rarely seen Pirosmani masterpieces alongside a historical text on the artist written in 1926 by Kirill Zdanevich (who "discovered" Pirosmani); a fictional (but historically accurate) essay discussing Tbilisi as the Paris of Pirosmani's age by the Danish art historian and writer, Kaspar Thormod; an interview with the Georgian art historian Nana Kipiani and her artist husband Levan Chogoshvili by Swiss curator Daniel Baumann; and reflections on the artist by contemporary artists Thea Djordjadze, Mamma Andersson and Tal R.
Niko Pirosmani