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Khatia Esartia MY SWEET POTATO/Chapter 7

March 30 – May 18, 2022

Opening Reception March 29, 4-8 pm

Checklist (PDF)

At the Vanguard: The Work of Khatia Esartia, by Ksenia Nouril (PDF)

Press

artnet Editor’s Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week by Sarah Cascone

“There is a line in a poem by Ana Boźičivić that paints an eerie similar condition I find myself in while working. “You can’t forget the war that lives on inside you even as you don’t dare share it with your new friends, for fear of seeing them recoil from the war inside you, and so you are always alone,’’ and so alone in font of a canvas, refusing to bend to the panic that comes with powerlessness, I tread lightly, unable to give myself completely over, uneasy of being boxed into a corner where the ‘other’, the victim, the refugee, resides. And so I work, providing punctuation marks in our century-long run on tragedies and absurdism in which we find ourselves in over and over again.” -KH.E.

“You don’t forget what an air raid siren sounds like, and when you hear such a siren however many years later on another continent your heart skips a beat and your mouth is filled with cotton. When everyone in the new country that surrounds you has forgotten, if they ever even knew the story, you don’t forget what running from your home feels like, leaving the room of your childhood never to see it again the way it was that day, full of your books & old toys & dreams for a future. You can’t forget the war that lives on inside you even as you don’t dare share it with your new friends, for fear of seeing them recoil from the war inside you, and so you are always alone. Living in a pocket of peace when a different kind of war is waged every day on the streets around you, watching a new generation of kids in a sister land far away flee the rooms of their childhood carrying fresh war inside them like a fruit pit, you remember & know & wonder what purpose words can serve, what silence buys, and the memory that won’t let you go grows undeterred from your stomach out your mouth toward the sunlight.” -A.B.

Featuring new paintings and works on paper, My Sweet Potato/ Chapter 7, is Khatia Esartia's third solo-show with the gallery. With dark humor and subtle references to contemporary pop and meme culture, these works accompany Fluffy - a signature character, creation of Esartia- through her quest to bring back to the dinner table a Sweet Potato which has gone missing. As more chapters are yet to come, this open-ended journey becomes an intricate exploration of the post-war and post-traumatic issues, isolation, and dislocation.

CATALOG

Khatia Esartia

MY SWEET POTATO / Chapter 7

Essay by Ksenia Nouril

Published by Marisa Newman Projects

Softcover, 7×7 in (18×18 cm), # of Pages: 20

ISBN 9798210311535

Preview

Gallery hours are Monday through Wednesday, 1 – 6 pm, and by appointment.

Khatia Esartia MY SWEET POTATO/Chapter 7

March 30 – May 18, 2022

Opening Reception March 29, 4-8 pm

Checklist (PDF)

At the Vanguard: The Work of Khatia Esartia, by Ksenia Nouril (PDF)

Press

artnet Editor’s Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week by Sarah Cascone

“There is a line in a poem by Ana Boźičivić that paints an eerie similar condition I find myself in while working. “You can’t forget the war that lives on inside you even as you don’t dare share it with your new friends, for fear of seeing them recoil from the war inside you, and so you are always alone,’’ and so alone in font of a canvas, refusing to bend to the panic that comes with powerlessness, I tread lightly, unable to give myself completely over, uneasy of being boxed into a corner where the ‘other’, the victim, the refugee, resides. And so I work, providing punctuation marks in our century-long run on tragedies and absurdism in which we find ourselves in over and over again.” -KH.E.

“You don’t forget what an air raid siren sounds like, and when you hear such a siren however many years later on another continent your heart skips a beat and your mouth is filled with cotton. When everyone in the new country that surrounds you has forgotten, if they ever even knew the story, you don’t forget what running from your home feels like, leaving the room of your childhood never to see it again the way it was that day, full of your books & old toys & dreams for a future. You can’t forget the war that lives on inside you even as you don’t dare share it with your new friends, for fear of seeing them recoil from the war inside you, and so you are always alone. Living in a pocket of peace when a different kind of war is waged every day on the streets around you, watching a new generation of kids in a sister land far away flee the rooms of their childhood carrying fresh war inside them like a fruit pit, you remember & know & wonder what purpose words can serve, what silence buys, and the memory that won’t let you go grows undeterred from your stomach out your mouth toward the sunlight.” -A.B.

Featuring new paintings and works on paper, My Sweet Potato/ Chapter 7, is Khatia Esartia's third solo-show with the gallery. With dark humor and subtle references to contemporary pop and meme culture, these works accompany Fluffy - a signature character, creation of Esartia- through her quest to bring back to the dinner table a Sweet Potato which has gone missing. As more chapters are yet to come, this open-ended journey becomes an intricate exploration of the post-war and post-traumatic issues, isolation, and dislocation.

CATALOG

Khatia Esartia

MY SWEET POTATO / Chapter 7

Essay by Ksenia Nouril

Published by Marisa Newman Projects

Softcover, 7×7 in (18×18 cm), # of Pages: 20

ISBN 9798210311535

Preview

Gallery hours are Monday through Wednesday, 1 – 6 pm, and by appointment.

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 Khatia Esartia  Saga of Anthony and Ezekiel  2022  ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame  8x6inches

Khatia Esartia

Saga of Anthony and Ezekiel

2022

ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

8x6inches

 Khatia Esartia  What’s Your Name / Saga of Anthony and Ezekiel  2022  oil on canvas  28 x 22 inches

Khatia Esartia

What’s Your Name / Saga of Anthony and Ezekiel

2022

oil on canvas

28 x 22 inches

 Khatia Esartia  The Perfect Phone Call  2022  watercolor and ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame  7.5 x 5.5 inches

Khatia Esartia

The Perfect Phone Call

2022

watercolor and ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

7.5 x 5.5 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Pronto  2022  oil on canvas  34 x 28 inches

Khatia Esartia

Pronto

2022

oil on canvas

34 x 28 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Here We Go Again  2022   oil on canvas   32 x 28 inches

Khatia Esartia

Here We Go Again

2022

oil on canvas

32 x 28 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Manifesto?   2022   oil on canvas   32 x 28 inches

Khatia Esartia

Manifesto?

2022

oil on canvas

32 x 28 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Student of History   2022   ink and oil pencil on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame   5.5 x 7.5 inches

Khatia Esartia

Student of History

2022

ink and oil pencil on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

5.5 x 7.5 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Watercolorist   2022   oil and flashe on canvas   34 x 28 inches

Khatia Esartia

Watercolorist

2022

oil and flashe on canvas

34 x 28 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Interior / Exterior   2022   oil on canvas   36 x 32inches

Khatia Esartia

Interior / Exterior

2022

oil on canvas

36 x 32inches

 Khatia Esartia  Weapons of Convenience / Come On In, The Water’s Fine   2022   oil on canvas   36 x 30 inches

Khatia Esartia

Weapons of Convenience / Come On In, The Water’s Fine

2022

oil on canvas

36 x 30 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Love Poem to Marcel (Broodthaers)   2022   gouache and ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame   5.5 x 7.5 inches

Khatia Esartia

Love Poem to Marcel (Broodthaers)

2022

gouache and ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

5.5 x 7.5 inches

 (Clockwise from Top):  Khatia Esartia  Pink Potato   2022   watercolor and gouache on canvas   9 x 12 inches    Khatia Esartia  SV   2022   watercolor on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame   7.5 x 5.5 inches    Khatia Esartia  There She Was My Sweet

(Clockwise from Top):

Khatia Esartia

Pink Potato

2022

watercolor and gouache on canvas

9 x 12 inches

Khatia Esartia

SV

2022

watercolor on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

7.5 x 5.5 inches

Khatia Esartia

There She Was My Sweet Potato

2022

watercolor and ink on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

6 x 71/2 inches

 (Left) Khatia Esartia  Blood Was of Course Spilled   2022   watercolor on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame   7.5 x 5.5 inches    (Right) Khatia Esartia  Everybody Is Looking for the Dream   2022   watercolor on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

(Left) Khatia Esartia

Blood Was of Course Spilled

2022

watercolor on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

7.5 x 5.5 inches

(Right) Khatia Esartia

Everybody Is Looking for the Dream

2022

watercolor on paper in vintage gold-leafed frame

7.5 x 5.5 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Lover   2022   oil on panel   24 x 18 inches

Khatia Esartia

Lover

2022

oil on panel

24 x 18 inches

 Khatia Esartia  See Something Say Something   2022   oil on canvas  32 x 28 inches

Khatia Esartia

See Something Say Something

2022

oil on canvas

32 x 28 inches

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #1   2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #1

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #2  2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #2

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #3   2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #3

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #4   2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #4

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #5  2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #5

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #6  2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #6

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #7   2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #7

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #8   2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #8

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Khatia Esartia  Interpol’s Most Wanted #9  2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Khatia Esartia

Interpol’s Most Wanted #9

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

 Interpol’s Most Wanted #10   2022   ink on paper   5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)   11 x 14 inches (framed)

Interpol’s Most Wanted #10

2022

ink on paper

5 x 7 inches (image), 8 x 9.5 inches (paper)

11 x 14 inches (framed)

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