Versaweiss: Elegance is Refusal
The famous quote by Diana Vreeland ‘Elegance is refusal’ formulates nowadays perfectly the narratization of subjectivity, as it has been developed in its new status, which instead of expressing desire…
Art
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Feeling artsy? Discover the best Greek cultural exhibitions, artists’ latest works, and fine design objects.
‘Cuts – The art of subtraction’ by Theo Kontaxis
Theo Kontaxis is an architect and multidisciplinary designer, who experiments with various aspects of art & design, creating different projects and artworks.
Interruption – A film by Yorgos Zois
A post modern theater adaptation of a Greek tragedy takes place in a central theater of Athens. Like every night, the guests take their seats and the play begins. Suddenly,…
Elias Kafouros’ spiritual narrations
In Kafouros’ works a tangle of seemingly different stories unravels. These stories are being developed along intertwined paths. The relations created between individual forms arise either from instinctive and unconscious…
The seductive reality of Stefanos Rokos
Having superseded the false dilemma between representation and abstraction, and painting at the exact opposite end to the current pictorial nihilism, Stefanos Rokos creates one of the most vital incarnations…
Mon petit Chou: an Atopos cvc initiative for young artists
Atopos cvc is an Athens-based, non-profit cultural organisation interested in the expression and adornment of the human body, by researching and initiating innovative projects of contemporary visual culture with museums,…
Sotiris Lioukras: Bathers or the expectation of a day of enjoyment
The series is based on the observation of people crowding together on a beach during the summer holidays, which the painter, Sotiris Lioukras, spends in the same place for many…
The theatrical painting of Elias Dovris
“What I want in a work of art is realism, not only in the way of painting it, but also the act of painting itself, to render the theme and…
‘Searching for the End, Odyssey’ By Stathis Petropoulos
In “Searching for the End, Odyssey” Stathis Petropoulos offers a personal visual reading of the journey of Odysseus to his homeland, Ithaca, creating a new reading of the Homeric epic.
Letterforms by Eleni Zouni
The collages of Eleni Zouni, titled Letterforms, depict words and phrases shaped out of the manipulated reproductions of works by Henri Michaux, Jackson Pollock, Carlfriedrich Claus, and Pierres Soulages: they…