Irma Kvantchiani

I often paint still lifes  with Georgian-Svanetian ethnographic details. In this still life the rope is the symbol  of slavery, sword is the symbol  of fighting for freedom .  Burning incense (in the vessel  for incense) is  allegory  of  prayers. I  attached The ropes by two nails and  cut by the sword. I mean with it the victory of kindness over evil. The rope has fastener. With such fastener in mountain  people packed hay. I remember my holidays in Svaneti, where I spent my childhood in summers. When my grandfather brought hay it was  fastened with this  ropes and fastener  on a cart with a pair of bulls. Pleased memories…  I also placed  fruit and grapes because  Georgia is a country with great tradition of winery. The background  of this painting is the black-and-white illustration of St. George. He is one of the favorite saint for Georgians.