Artwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and Nino

Man and Woman / Ali and Nino, 2007

Tamara Kvesitadze

Artwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and NinoArtwork Title: Man and Woman / Ali and Nino
A truly moving sculpture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ds9fE0tnzE This interpenetration of 2 bodies, masculine and.. (http://www.galeriekornfeld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Tamara_Kvesitadze-Galerie-Kornfeld-Berlin-2013.pdf) A steel sculpture 8 m (26 ft) high. Located in the seaside town of Batumi, Georgia, the figures represent a Muslim boy, Ali, and a Georgian princess, Nino, from a 1937 novel by Azerbaijani Kurban Said. The tragic story of this novel ends with the separation of the 2 lovers because of the invasion of Soviet Russia. The statues move for 10 minutes every day at 7 pm, merging for a short embrace, before parting back to back. The sculpture was designed in 2007 but installed in 2010; It has since been renamed "Ali and Nino". (http://sphere-emotion.fr/ces-deux-statues-geantes-resument-parfaitement-lamour-entre-un-homme-et-une-femme/) The 7 ton statues are controlled by computer and lit with dramatic color lighting. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ds9fE0tnzE)
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