Afternoon for all: Levan Chogoshvili & Vijay Masharani

In Spring 2025 Kunsthalle Zürich is showing works from two very different artists. They differ in their lands of origin, age and work – which makes the combination particularly interesting. We can dive into the realities of both artists. Whether you come with your family, with friends or alone, our 'Afternoon for all' workshops offer an opportunity to experience Vijay Masharani and Levan Chogoshvili's exhibitions in a playful and multifaceted way.

28 years old and living in San Francisco, Vijay Masharani works with diverse materials and techniques, yet employs certain similar forms again and again, to show these from different perspectives. Simple designs, such as stars, emerge in series: as drawings, in films or in animations. His playful method of working is combined too with his own biography, which has been marked by music, self-reflection and illness.

Levan Chogoshvili, was born in 1953 in Tbilisi, is among the most important Georgian artists. His country's history – a country currently experience yet another turbulent period – is central to his work and the figures he portrays. This may manifest in the aristocracy who were eliminated by Stalin, Muslim women in the northern Caucasus border region with Chechnya, important moments in Georgian history or his own, varied, biography. Over more than 50 years an impressive body of work has been created, which is almost entirely unknown in the West.

We will bring these artists and their works closer in a manner that is understandable for young and old. Together we will exchange empressions, which, in the second part of the workshop, we can give creative form. The trove of materials in our Atelier offer all you might need to create a cheeky abstract group portrait or to bring your favourite object into life in a flip-book animation.

All dates: Sundays 16 March and 25 May 2025, 3–5 pm
For all from 4 years upwards (children up to an including 16 years old should be accompanied by an adult)
Register by email to: fuelscher@kunsthallezurich.ch