Decorative searches in Georgian artistic modern ceramics of the 1960s (According to the creativity of Revaz Iashvili)

The work contains analysis of the "Decorative Searches", which developed during the 60's of the last century in Georgian ornamental ceramics, the origin of which is related to the problem of synthesis of art. These tendencies are characteristic for creativity of exclusively all masters of ceramic, but works of R. Iashvili take special place place among them. He is the pioneer, who begins searching for original ceramic forms, appurtenant for synthesis with building, resting upon new tendencies. The artist carries out intensive experiments in this direction and technologically analyses those materials, which he applies within the frameworks of one work. By means of combination of clay and metal, in this period R. Iashvili accomplished several works of utilitarian and decorative function. Popularization of chamotte mass (a sort of clay), less developed in Georgia in that period of time, is also related to his name. He is the first, who creates thematic cycle ("Harvest Holiday") of relieves, appurtenant for the internal space of constructions, of this material, which stylistically approximates the monuments of Georgian monumental plastics. At the same time it characterizes current tendencies in modern sculpture. Later R. Iashvili adorns fine architectural forms, stipulated to be put up on open space, of relieves of chamotte mass. Decoration of the springs situated in the green cover of Zedazeni Mountain, is one of the first works made in the sphere of Georgian monumental and decorative ceramics.
Since the middle of 1960's the artist is concerned with the problems of acquirement of the space so much, that he made it his aim to take out also utilitarian form to an open space. This is how park-decorative plastic art appear in his creative work : flower vases and a big sculpture of a bull, made of chamotte mass, in the basis of which a zoomorphic drink lays. Analysis of works of R. Iashvili gives us the opportunity to make a conclusion that Georgian monumental and decorative sculpture and also ceramic plastic arts develop in one and the same definite direction. This sphere manifests a whole series of novelties with relations to this sphere, which is seen in creativity of almost all artists and causes establishment of Georgian Artistic school of Modern Ceramics.