Georgian Culture and Ukrainian Pride Highlight the 2022 Tbilisi Mural Fest

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Georgian Culture and Ukrainian Pride Highlight the 2022 Tbilisi Mural Fest

December 6, 2022

Grace Ebert

By Sasha Korban. All images by Tiku Kobiashvili, courtesy of Tbilisi Mural Fest, shared with permission

For the last four years, Tbilisi Mural Fest has facilitated more than 40 public artworks around the Georgian capitol, and the 2022 event brought a spate of new projects to the city. Given the nation’s proximity to Russia and that country’s groundless war against Ukraine, festival organizers highlighted renowned Ukrainian muralist Sasha Korban who painted a large-scale portrait of a woman in customary clothing facing the Russian embassy. Other works include celebrations of Georgian culture and history, like a large-scale tablecloth with traditional motifs by Chertova Tina and Mohamed l’Ghacham’s dreamlike rendering of the living room of Georgian thinker and author Ilia Chavchavadze.

See some of the 2022 additions below and those from previous years on Instagram.

By Chertova Tina

By Fintan Magee

“Circus” by Luis Gomez de Teran

“Illia’s Room” by Mohamed l’Ghacham

“Growth” by Artez

By Kera

“M3D3A” by Vesod

By Dato Machavariani and Irakli Qadeishvili

#festivals
#murals
#portraits
#public art
#street art
#Ukraine

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