At the "Persons and Reflections" exhibition at the Literary Museum, a large number of drawings and sketches were shown to the public for the first time, capturing the artist's friends from the worlds of art, cinema, and theater. The extensive series featured portraits of poets from the past few decades.  

In the sharply and distinctly drawn characters of Boris Kocheishvili, one can easily recognize Genrikh Sapgir, Fazil Iskander, Dmitry Prigov, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Inna Churikova, and many others. The artist carefully selected the most successful life sketches and stored them in a cardboard box for… forty years! In the process of preparing the exhibition, around one hundred of these drawings were chosen, with the figures depicted in them easily recognizable. These small masterpieces formed the exhibition of the first hall.  

The exhibition also featured the graphic sheets that brought the artist fame back in the 1980s (coated paper, ink, and a stiff brush), collages, reliefs, and an impressive selection of Boris Kocheishvili's paintings. All these works are directly related to literature and poetry—a theme that has always played a significant role in the artist's life and creative work.  

The exhibition's curator, Tamara Vehova, sought to convey to the audience the chain of wonderful transformations that involved both the models and the images created by the artist. While retaining the characteristic features of the models, the figures, now placed in new mise-en-scenes, were assigned unexpected roles and became participants in unique, one-of-a-kind scenes and paintings.  

2010 was not only a celebratory year for the artist (he turned 70), but also a very productive one. Many new works were created, and exhibitions of his paintings and graphics were held. His first solo catalog, "Boris Kocheishvili: Graphics, Paintings, Reliefs", was published, with the artist’s works accompanied by his own poems and short essays. Additionally, a selection of Boris Kocheishvili's poetry was included in the two-volume "Anthology of Russian Poetry 1950–2000" (Moscow, 2010). The exhibition at the Literary Museum continued this series of significant and joyous events for both the artist and his many admirers.