9/10
Quaint and flamboyantly old-fashioned
17 July 2023
I enjoyed this very colourful and whimsical picture without trying too hard to understand what's behind its many symbols and metaphors. I don't feel guilty about it though because in my opinion, those symbols are very personal and dear to those who conceived them and very carefully turned them into words, images and characters.

My hypothesis is that this one is about the artist's childhood memories of the time when his family immigrated from Georgia to Israel and his interpretation of what this time looked, sounded, smelt, tasted and felt like. Poverty and crime of the time all of a sudden turn into a curious game full of humour and quirks, which reminds me of Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson at the same time. But Koshashvili has his own unique style of story-telling and I'm happy to have gingerly peeked at it by watching his shrewd and mischievous Giants.
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