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Mother and Child
Oil on canvas
In Irinka Talakhadze’s new paintings, figures float weightlessly in water, suspended between memory and metaphor. These dreamlike scenes, drawn from personal family imagery, evoke the intimacy of childhood moments—carefree, tender, and tactile—while also conjuring a surreal, almost mythical atmosphere. The water becomes a threshold: both a literal setting of familial closeness and a symbolic space of transformation, vulnerability, and suspended time. In capturing the fluidity of childhood and memory, Talakhadze’s work invites us to linger in the in-between—where past and present, real and imagined, gently blur.
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In Irinka Talakhadze’s new paintings, figures float weightlessly in water, suspended between memory and metaphor. These dreamlike scenes, drawn from personal family imagery, evoke the intimacy of childhood moments—carefree, tender, and tactile—while also conjuring a surreal, almost mythical atmosphere. The water becomes a threshold: both a literal setting of familial closeness and a symbolic space of transformation, vulnerability, and suspended time. In capturing the fluidity of childhood and memory, Talakhadze’s work invites us to linger in the in-between—where past and present, real and imagined, gently blur.
Artwork Information
Year
2025
Materials
Oil on canvas
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Signed by Artist
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Dimensions
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS
39 1/4 x 27 inches
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
39 1/4 x 27 inches
Unframed: 39 1/4 x 27 inches
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About the Artist
Irinka Talakhadze
Raised by an artist father, Irinka Talakhadze has been in contact with art for as long as she can remember. With her father's passing, making art makes her feel close to him again—bringing extra special meaning to her works. Talakhadze strives to convincingly convey the energy she feels to her work so viewers can experience and share these same feelings. In that sense, everything can be, and is, a source of inspiration to her—from the spontaneity she gleans from Francis Bacon’s work, to a small and quotidian occurrence. Talakhadze's colorful work is also partly inscribed in the Soviet aesthetic and explores the relationship between something and its essence—what we see and what an image makes us believe. Associating transparency with a kind of honesty, Talakhadze strives to express her inner world through her emotionally charged works of art.

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In Irinka Talakhadze’s new paintings, figures float weightlessly in water, suspended between memory and metaphor. These dreamlike scenes, drawn from personal family imagery, evoke the intimacy of childhood moments—carefree, tender, and tactile—while also conjuring a surreal, almost mythical atmosphere. The water becomes a threshold: both a literal setting of familial closeness and a symbolic space of transformation, vulnerability, and suspended time. In capturing the fluidity of childhood and memory, Talakhadze’s work invites us to linger in the in-between—where past and present, real and imagined, gently blur.