Sergo Tbileli’s interpretations of Asia evoke thoughts of ancient civilizations, oriental poetry, exoticism, and tradition. Asian architecture is characterized by domed mosques and long minarets. Fast Arabic horses and the hot air carrying rare spices are also associated with Asia. The central figure in Sergo Tbileli’s representation of Asia is an old man with a turban adorned with pheasant feathers and dear stones, holding a stylistic figure of a white pigeon. This figure is often integrated into the ornamental drawing of the background and merges with it. The composition is surrounded by a colorific, ornamental frame featuring a mosaic drawing of ornamental motives, architectural and figural images. White spots representing horses and camels in dynamic motion are prominent among these figural-colorific dominants. The composition is filled with symbols and secrets that gradually reveal themselves to the viewer, creating an atmosphere of exoticism and mysticism typical of oriental culture.
About Sergo Tbileli
Sergo Tbileli is a prolific Georgian contemporary artist, he began his professional carrier in the early 70s in Soviet Georgia. While still pursuing his studies at the Tbilisi state academy. During his studies, he worked on monumental murals and sculptures all over the Soviet Union creating and contributing to the Soviet art scene. Learning different styles and evolving his style during his journeys all over the Eurasian continent. Financing his creative pursuits by working on Soviet state commissions. During his early years, he worked a lot with the ceramic medium creating one of his first series of plates. he achieved fame with his series “Georgian Motives”, which represented his colorful vision of Caucasus and Georgia mountains landscapes. Selling out his show in Istanbul. After The “Georgian Motives” series he further evolved his style and started working on his new works which combined his prior vibrant colors and movement with mythical subjects and topics on a grander scale. Some of his masterpieces from that era are “Venice Carnival” 2006, “Nude” 2005 and etc.
