Exhibition
Thea Djordjadze
Promise in a room

24 September 2011 - 26 November 2011
21 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, G3 6DF

Djordjadze's sculptures range from intimate hand-
held objects to large architectural forms. Often
referencing the body through the suggestion of
clothing or furniture, her sculptures allude to
familiar forms through their scale, shape and
surface. Despite this familiarity, her work often
appears to come from another time or place, or to
suggest a previous existence or forthcoming use.

Working with a range of commonplace materials
such as plaster, cardboard, wood and fabric,
Djordjadze creates fragile, hand-made objects that
appear partially constructed and partially
destroyed.Djordjadze presents these hand-made
objects alongside found items such as
photographs, carpets and clothing suggesting
ritualistic use or religious shrines. By utilising
display mechanisms like shelves, plinths, tables and
cabinets within the work she aligns the objects with
something between the ethnographic museum and
the fetishised collection.

For her exhibition at The Common Guild, Thea
Djordjadze will make new work for the grand
domestic spaces at 21 Woodlands Terrace.

Supported by The Henry Moore Foundation.

Thea Djordjadze 'Deaf and Dumb Universe
(Shelf)', 2008 Wood, paint, clay, fireclay, iron,
papier-mache, Plexiglas and plaster.

Thea Djordjadze 'Deaf and Dumb Universe (Shelf)', 2008