Irma Sharikadze – Isolation

The enigmatic metaphor of a pandemic, transmuted into an explosion of harmony and beauty, infuses Irma Sharikadze’s photographs, taken in her home studio during the lockdown, with deep meaning. Nature, bestowing both life and death, envelops her subjects, almost dissolving their individuality, as it embraces and cradles them in its magnificence and its dread.
The artist’s scrupulous attention to detail, her adept use of color and texture, and her masterful application of chiaroscuro make her work radiant and exceptional, leaving a lasting imprint in one’s memory.