![]() ![]() And then you’ll stand there and watch it again. ![]() ![]() It’s impossible not to stand transfixed, bewitched almost, before its tragic beauty, for the full 10 minutes it takes to complete the full cycle of coming together and breaking apart. Nothing is permanent, the statue suggests, enjoy the moment. To everybody who visits the city, it’s likely to be the abiding memory of their trip: a moving (in every sense of the word) statue which slowly brings two lovers together for a short embrace, only for them to part almost immediately. To the people of Batumi, the city on Georgia’s Black Sea coast where it has since found a permanent home, it’s Ali and Nino. Officially, it’s still known as Man and Woman, the name with which it made its debut at the Venice Biennale more than a decade ago. ![]()
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