Levan & Irakli Svanishvili develop their work at the intersection of painting, relief and sculpture. The starting point for their collaborative practice is Georgian fresco painting, whose formal and spatial qualities continue to have an impact to this day. Over the years, the brothers have developed a distinctive artistic form in which wood, plaster, resin, oil paints and watercolours merge to create sculptural picture surfaces.
Central to their work is an exploration of the ‘in-between’ – those indeterminate realms in which form, material and space enter into an open relationship. Working in close collaboration, they create works that evolve through continuous changes in the creative process. Forms emerge, condense or dissolve again, generating a distinct spatial presence.
Levan & Irakli Svanishvili (born in Tbilisi, Georgia) live and work between Karlsruhe and Düsseldorf. Both studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Thomas Scheibitz.