Tolia Astakhishvili's significant first solo museum exhibition, "Figure of the Child," presents a unique exploration of childhood as a state of both autonomy and profound reliance. Visitors are invited to consider the possibilities and limits of empathy through the artist's lens. This immersive presentation examines the child's immediate perception of art and the surrounding world, offering novel forms of experience.
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Tolia Astakhishvili's first solo museum exhibition explores the concept of the 'figure of the child,' embodying both autonomy and dependence. The exhibition examines the possibilities and limits of empathy, focusing on the child's immediate experience of the world and art.
The exhibition "Tolia Astakhishvili: Figure of the Child" centers on the artist's recurring motif of the child, interpreted as a figure possessing both significant intellectual and creative independence and a deep reliance on others. This concept serves as a framework for imaginative exploration, probing the boundaries of empathy, rooted in the shared human experience of having once been a child. Within spatial contexts, scale, and a sense of precariousness, the child symbolizes a state where invisibility is often felt with acute immediacy and intensity. Astakhishvili's work thus turns towards the very experience of art, extending it to encompass movement and touch, thereby departing from traditional museum presentation formats. The idea of a 'first encounter,' akin to how children initially perceive phenomena, is presented as a gateway to novel forms of experience. Tolia Astakhishvili, born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1974, is based in Berlin and Tbilisi. Her recent solo exhibitions include "to love and devour" at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation in Venice (2025), "between father and mother" at SculptureCenter in New York (2024), and "The First Finger (chapter II)" at Haus am Waldsee in Berlin (2023). Her works have also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including at MoMA PS1 in New York (2025), the Fondation Pernod Ricard in Paris (2025), and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Roma in Rome (2024).
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