LEVAN LAGIDZE | Bach Exercises
NEW YORK
September 2019
Katrine Levin Galleries at Zurcher Gallery
33 Bleecker Street, Soho, New York
It was a fast-paced and exciting exhibition in New York's vibrant Soho. We are very grateful for the tremendous response to Lagidze's work by the New York visitors. A huge thank you to all who came and to all those who tuned in from across the Atlantic.
The happy buzz of the opening reception transformed into an awed hush during the after-party Bach Cello Suites concert presented by Aspect Chamber Music Series and performed by Zlatomir Fung, winner of the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition. Bach's notes resonated magically with the extraordinary works of Georgia's iconic Lagidze.
This exhibition completed the Bach Exercises series which spanned over a number of years Tbilisi, London, and New York, with new and evolving works created by Lagidze for each city.
New York was also the inauguration of a new series of works by Lagidze, titled “My Journey” and comprised of gem-like, playful small works that urge the collector to create a wall mosaic according to their imagination and feelings. The title references Lagidze’s own creative journey and captures his key philosophy to share experiences in harmony and gratitude, embracing fully what he calls an “infinitely happy game.”
The exhibition title, "Bach Exercises", derives from Lagidze’s perception of Bach. “Listening to Bach I see the infinite … Each measure, rhythm, accent and pause is so precise that his music is always new and unexpected. This is the magic of universal composition. The music you can see or the painting you can listen to…” (Levan Lagidze)
Levan Lagidze’s artworks are collected by the iconic Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and by national museums across the former USSR countries and in the United States.
Born in 1958 in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, Lagidze graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1981. He founded and led an artist’s studio at the Tbilisi Artists’ House in 1983 and served as Chairman of Georgia´s Young Artists’ Union from 1986 to 1989. In 2011, he founded the Lagidze Gallery in Tbilisi.