By chance and the good will of the gallery owner, in the summer of 2023, artists Leonid Tskhe and Vlad Kulkov found themselves in an old Tbilisi house that temporarily became their studio. In these slightly surreal circumstances, the long creative silence of both was interrupted and a series of paintings came to life. Art historian Andy Shab talked to each of them about the experience of working in the same space and their perception of each other’s creative process. “The risk-taker” is how Vlad described Leonid and his artistic method.