Tolia Astakhishvili – to love and devour

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Introducing the foundation’s new exhibition space in Venice, to love and devour is a site-specific installation by Tolia Astakhishvili in dialogue with the architecture of the building and its history, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.

In creating the installation, Tolia Astakhishvili lived and worked at Dorsoduro 2829 for the first months of 2025, creating an exchange with the space and a series of artists who she invited into conversation. These include: Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Zurab Astakhishvili, Thea Djordjadze, Heike Gallmeier, Rafik Greiss, Dylan Peirce, James Richards, and Maka Sanadze.

“Tolia Astakhishvili once told me that at the core of her work is a desire to blur the boundaries between individual and collective artworks, between her authorship and that of others, and the feedback loops that can be engendered with the environment in which artworks are shown. This unique project at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation exemplifies Tolia Astakhishvili’s ability to create a complete installation –a Gesamtkunstwerk, but one which is not overpowering, imposing or didactic, but rather allows the viewer multiple entry points.” (Hans Ulrich Obrist, April 2025).