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Original artwork description:
This sculpture embodies the tension between external appearance and internal truth. From the outside, the head seems almost naive — a calm face painted in soft tones, interrupted by dark marks and scars. Yet the real story lies within. Inside the hollowed form, melted toy soldiers and streams of red paint create a visceral landscape, a battlefield that transforms childhood play into a site of trauma.
My Soul explores the invisible wounds carried beneath the surface — the wars we inherit, the violence that shapes memory, and the fractures that remain unseen by the outside world. The use of mass-produced toy soldiers turns innocence into violence, revealing how collective histories infiltrate personal identity.
By confronting the viewer with a contrast between the serene exterior and the chaotic interior, the work asks a difficult question: how much of our pain remains hidden, and what happens when the soul itself becomes a battleground?
Hidden Trauma
Materials used:
Mixed media sculpture (plastic toys, acrylic paint, silicone glue, plastic)
Tags:
#inner battles #fragmented identity #collective memory #post-socialist radiation #emotional ruins #silent violence #inner battle #war childhood #psychic wounds #broken innocenceMy Soul (2024) Mixed-media sculpture
by Gela MIKAVA
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£1,487.78
- Mixed-media sculpture on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20 x 22 x 19cm
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
This sculpture embodies the tension between external appearance and internal truth. From the outside, the head seems almost naive — a calm face painted in soft tones, interrupted by dark marks and scars. Yet the real story lies within. Inside the hollowed form, melted toy soldiers and streams of red paint create a visceral landscape, a battlefield that transforms childhood play into a site of trauma.
My Soul explores the invisible wounds carried beneath the surface — the wars we inherit, the violence that shapes memory, and the fractures that remain unseen by the outside world. The use of mass-produced toy soldiers turns innocence into violence, revealing how collective histories infiltrate personal identity.
By confronting the viewer with a contrast between the serene exterior and the chaotic interior, the work asks a difficult question: how much of our pain remains hidden, and what happens when the soul itself becomes a battleground?
Hidden Trauma
Materials used:
Mixed media sculpture (plastic toys, acrylic paint, silicone glue, plastic)
Tags:
#inner battles #fragmented identity #collective memory #post-socialist radiation #emotional ruins #silent violence #inner battle #war childhood #psychic wounds #broken innocence
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Gela MIKAVA
Georgia
About
Gela Mikava (b. 1995, Zugdidi, Georgia)
Lives and works in TbilisiGela Mikava is a Georgian visual artist whose practice centers on inherited trauma, material memory, and the long afterlife of collapsed... Read more