ALEXI-MESKHISHVILI, KETUTA
1979 Tbilsi
Title: Lesley (after Woodman).
Date: 2015.
Technique: Archival Pigment Print on light card.
Mounting: Laid down on card.
Depiction Size: 33 x 28,5cm.
Condition:
Minimal rubbing on the edges (due to former framing). Verso laid down on card. Card verso with remains of former mounting. Otherwise very good condition.
The portrayed woman is Lesley Moon, a fitness trainer with whom the artist works out with. The artist photographed the portrayed woman several times, always in homage to famous photographers (here probably Francesca Woodman). In these works, she explores the idea and reception of the human body in photography, especially that of female nudity.
Provenance:
- Gallery Micky Schubert, Berlin
- Kasper König Collection, Berlin
Exhibitions:
- Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin 2018.