Original artwork description:

“The Alienation” is the culminating work of a series that has accompanied me through years of inner rupture, identity questioning, and visual experimentation. It is not only a painting — it is a farewell. A symbolic closing of a personal and artistic chapter.

The central figure, faceless and split, radiates both power and disintegration. Surrounded by spectral line-drawn faces and expressive color fields, the body stands as a totem of transformation. Red and black marks bleed down like emotional sediment, while fragile outlines whisper the presence of others — memories, ghosts, selves.

This work contains every phase I passed through: clarity and confusion, control and surrender. It is my last word in this visual language.

Why this work matters:
This painting belongs to no trend. It speaks in its own grammar — one forged from post-Soviet shadows, intimate wounds, and contemporary abstraction. It’s raw, poetic, and emotionally charged. The final echo of a painter shedding his skin.

Signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Ships in a secure wooden crate.

Materials used:

Acrylic and Watercolor on Linen canvas

Tags:
#emotional abstraction #inner conflict #psychological painting #identity crisis #contemporary symbolism #post-socialist art #art farewell #existential figure #figurative expression #poetic violence 

The Alienation Series (2023) Mixed-media painting
by Gela MIKAVA

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“The Alienation” is the culminating work of a series that has accompanied me through years of inner rupture, identity questioning, and visual experimentation. It is not only a painting — it is a farewell. A symbolic closing of a personal and artistic chapter.

The central figure, faceless and split, radiates both power and disintegration. Surrounded by spectral line-drawn faces and expressive color fields, the body stands as a totem of transformation. Red and black marks bleed down like emotional sediment, while fragile outlines whisper the presence of others — memories, ghosts, selves.

This work contains every phase I passed through: clarity and confusion, control and surrender. It is my last word in this visual language.

Why this work matters:
This painting belongs to no trend. It speaks in its own grammar — one forged from post-Soviet shadows, intimate wounds, and contemporary abstraction. It’s raw, poetic, and emotionally charged. The final echo of a painter shedding his skin.

Signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Ships in a secure wooden crate.

Materials used:

Acrylic and Watercolor on Linen canvas

Tags:
#emotional abstraction #inner conflict #psychological painting #identity crisis #contemporary symbolism #post-socialist art #art farewell #existential figure #figurative expression #poetic violence 
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GELA MIKAVA (b. 1995, Georgia) is a contemporary artist whose emotionally charged paintings explore identity, memory, and the human condition. His work blends architectural precision with gestural abstraction, creating dynamic,... Read more

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