A major multi-venue exhibition in Tbilisi, titled “Merab Abramishvili – Transparent Memory,” reintroduces the Georgian painter Merab Abramishvili to the wider art world. Organized by ATINATI’s Cultural Center and complemented by Baia Gallery, the show features over fifty works spanning the artist’s career, including pieces like *Kiss of Judas* (1989) and *Sunflower* (1989). Abramishvili’s work blends medieval visual culture with Neo-expressionism, using the traditional levkas technique on plywood to create timeless, mythic compositions that explore religious motifs, landscapes, and figuration.
The exhibition matters because it marks the first solo show of Abramishvili in ATINATI’s own space and represents one of the largest presentations of his work in recent years. The ATINATI Private Collection, which the artist helped shape, focuses on repatriating culturally significant Georgian works, and this show promises to elevate global awareness of Georgian art history. Abramishvili’s unique fusion of ancient and modern techniques offers fresh insight into a distinctive artistic voice that has remained underrecognized internationally.