ALL THAT MATERIAL CULTURE

ALL THAT MATERIAL CULTURE

Soviet Georgian Industrial Graphic Design, 1950–1990

Curator: Vija Skangale

All That Material Culture explores Soviet Georgian industrial graphic design through the work of Severian Ketskhoveli, Anri Samashvili, and Tsotne Moniava.

The exhibition reveals how, within the constraints of the Soviet system, designers embedded elements of Georgian cultural identity into everyday objects — including wine labels, tea packaging, and cigarette design.

Presented as an “exhibition as research,” the project brings together archival materials and narratives, highlighting the relationship between design, ideology, and cultural expression.

📍 Pavilion 6