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- St. George Cycle of the Church Wall Painting in the Village of Tabakini, “Matsne”, 1979;
- Representations of Historic Personalities in the Wall Painting of Tabakini St. George Church, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N7, 1981;
- For the Issue of the Late Medieval Georgian Wall Painting Iconographic Program, IV International Symposium dedicated to Georgian art, Tbilisi, 1989;
- Tabakini Wall Painting (Folk Trend in the Late Medieval Georgian Monumental Murals), Tbilisi, 1991;
- Wall Painting of the West Annex of Gelati Monastery the Blessed Virgin Church, materials of scientific conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, 1999;
- Coronation Composition in the North Porch of Gelati Monastery Main Church, collection of scientific articles of Tbilisi State University Art History and Theory Chair, N11, Tbilisi, 2000;
- Wall Painting of the Altar Apse in the Blessed Virgin Church in Gelati, collection of scientific articles of Tbilisi State University Art History and Theory Chair, N2, Tbilisi, 2001;
- Iconographic Program Peculiarities of Gelati Main Church 16th c Wall Painting, “Literatura da Khelovneba”, N1, 2001;
- The Proto-Gospel Illustration Cycle in the Wall Painting of Gelati Monastery Christmas Church, “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, 1, 2001;
- The Blessed Virgin Acathistus Hymn Illustrations in the Wall Painting of Gelati Monastery Main Church, collected scientific articles, N3, Tbilisi, 2002;
- The 16th c (1557-1565) Wall Painting of the Central Space of Gelati the Blessed Virgin Church, “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, 11, Tbilisi, 2002;
- Composition Structure and an Artistic Interpretation of the Altar Apse Wall Painting in Gelati the Blessed Virgin Church, Georgian Antiquities, 2, 2002;
- The 16th c Wall Painting in Gelati Main Church (1557-1578), “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, 1, Tbilisi, 2002;
- Stylistic Tendencies of the Post-Byzantine Murals in the Second Part of the 15th c Gelati Main Church Wall Painting, collection of scientific articles of Tbilisi State University Art History and Theory Chair, N4, Tbilisi, 2003;
- Portrats historischen Personlichkeiten des 15-16 Jhs in der Muttergotteskriche des Klosters Gelati, Georgia, 2003;
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary Text Illustrations in the Wall Painting of Gelati Main Church, Georgian Antiquities, N4-5, Tbilisi, 2003;
- The North Porch Paintings of the Church of the Virgin in Gelati, 2003;
- Some Artistic Issues of the Late Medieval Georgian Monumental Painting (the 16th c Wall Painting of the Central Space in Gelati the Blessed Virgin Christmas Church), “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, III, Tbilisi, 2004;
- Some Aspects of the Late Medieval Georgian Monumental Painting, an international conference – “Religion and Society in Our Lives”, Georgian Patriarchy, the Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnography, scientific foundation “Udabno”, Tbilisi, 2004;
- For the Issue of the Signs of National Peculiarities in the Late Medieval Georgian Monumental Painting, interdisciplinary republic conference, Tbilisi, 2004;
- The Donative Portrait of Melkisedek Sakvarelidze (for Dating of One Stage of Gelati Main Church Wall Painting), collected scientific articles of Tbilisi State University, art history, 6, Tbilisi, 2005;
- A Portrait of David the Builder in Gelati Main Church Wall Painting, scientific researches of Gelati Academy of Science, N10, 2005.
Born: 1934, Kutaisi
Art historian, Chief Researcher of the Centre, Prof. Dr.
Research field: History of the medieval Georgian mural painting, its connection with the Byzantine world (14th-15th cc.); modern Georgian fine art.
Activity: 1997-2006 Head of the Department of Medieval Georgian Art of the Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art. Researcher of the Research Institute at the Faculty of Restoration, Art History and Theory, Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts.
- Nabakhtevi Mural Painting, Tbilisi, 1973;
- Vamek Dadiani Annex Wall Painting in Khobi, Russia. Georgia, collected articles, Moscow, 1978;
- Hagiographic Cycle of St. George in Ubisi, Dečani et art byzantin au milieu du XIVe siécle, collected articles dedicated to 650 anniversary of Dechani monastery, Belgrade, 1989;
- Tsalenjikha Mural Painting, Tbilisi, 1992;
- Bedia, Likhne, Bichvinta (Medieval Wall Painting Monuments on the territory of Abkhazia), “Jvari Vazisa”, N1, 1995;
- The Scene of Last Supper in the Murals of Ubisi, Zograf, 26, Belgrade, 1997;
- The Palaeologus Art Monuments in Georgia and Shalva Amiranashvili, collected articles of Tbilisi State University, the department of art history and theory, Tbilisi, 2000;
- The Study of Medieval Fine Arts at the G. Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History (1941-2001), Georgian art studies, I, Tbilisi, 2001;
- Dimitri Shevardnadze and Heinrich Rot, Academia, N3, 2002;
- Le Cène dans les peintures murales d′Ubissi, ΛΑΜΠ′ΔΏN, collected articles dedicated to the memory of D. Muriki, vol. 2, Athens, 2003;
- Hagiographic Cycle of St. George in the Murals of Ubisi, Georgian Antiquities, 6, Tbilisi, 2004;
- George Chubinashvili (120 years since his birth), Georgian Antiquities, 7-8, Tbilisi, 2005;
- Tsalenjikha. The Saviour Church Mural Painting, Tbilisi, 2011 (co-author Mzia Janjalia).
(1964, Samtredia – 1994, Tbilisi )
Art Historian, Art Critic, Painter, Poet. In 1981 – 1986 he studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art History and Theory. His research interests dealt with Modern and Contemporary Art (20th c.). Since 1989 he was member of the editorial board of the journal “ Literatura da khelovneba”. Since 1990 he was the Board Member of Art Critics Association. In 1991 he worked at Fransuaza Fridrichs gallery in Germany. In 1987-1994 he worked at the G. Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art as a researcher. In 1997 he was awarded G. Chubinashvili State Prize for the contribution to the history of art.
Karlo Kacharava is a significant figure in the 1980 –1990s history of Georgian culture. He was a person of vast erudition and distinguished by the wide range of talents – a writer, poet, critic, painter, graphic artist, art historian, historian, essayist . . . He left an indelible imprint on these fields.
As an art historian he left remarkable works about the 20th c. Avant-guard, history of Georgian Avant-guard and individual artists (V. Sidamon-Eristavi, Iliazdi, P. Blyotkin, G. Bugadze, L. Chogoshvili and other Georgian artists of 1980-1990s). He analysed and sharply critisized current cultural, social and historical processes of 1980-90s in Georgia.
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