Original artwork description:

Description

“Sisters of the Inner Garden” explores the silent tension between intimacy and individuality. Two figures emerge from an ocean of color — bound by a shared presence, yet separated by invisible psychological walls. Their mirrored forms and intertwined black hair create a visual bridge between connection and solitude, evoking the fragile equilibrium of identity and emotional memory.

Mikava’s expressive red background is not merely a color field — it becomes an emotional space, vibrating with inner heat and existential pulse. The cascading lower section, painted in deep blues and violets, suggests blooming emotions or unspoken memories flowing from the subconscious into visibility.

Rendered in a hybrid of oil and acrylic, this work carries the tactile density of expressionism and the ethereal transparency of dream logic. It is both poetic and haunting — a study in human duality and quiet power.

Curatorial Note

Gela Mikava’s art occupies the intersection of abstraction and figuration, often engaging with themes of estrangement, mirrored identity, and emotional continuity.
In Sisters of the Inner Garden, the artist constructs a psychological tableau where color and composition transcend realism, transforming the figures into metaphors for inner dialogue. The painting embodies Mikava’s signature synthesis of symbolic narrative and visceral gesture — a hallmark of his contemporary Georgian expressionism.


, expressionism, contemporary art, emotional portrait, duality, identity, psychological, red painting, female figures, dreamlike, symbolic, abstract figurative, modern expressionism, fine art, Gela Mikava

Materials used:

acrylic and oil on fabric

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