History Zero by Stefanos Tsivopoulos
‘History Zero’ takes as its starting point the multi-layered contemporary crisis in Greece, which Tsivopoulos sees as an opportunity to interpret an alternative visualization of the future.
Art
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Feeling artsy? Discover the best Greek cultural exhibitions, artists’ latest works, and fine design objects.
Marianna Katsoulidi’s recall of innocence
Marianna Katsoulidi uses oils and painting rollers to create a whole world – moulded as a dream – of divine justice, selflessness and affection.
Apostolos Chantzaras’ artistic amalgam of Greece
Apostolos Chantzaras develops his own visual and entertaining world of bold lines, forms and saturated colors, drawing influences from Greek folk shadow theater, ancient Greek sculptures and Byzantine iconography.
Parthenon Rising by Bill Balaskas
“Two centuries ago, the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley claimed, on the eve of the Greek Revolution: “We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have…
Anastasis Stratakis renegotiates the collective memory of Greek history
In these series of works, Anastasis Stratakis uses pencil and ink drawings, digital manipulation of images and installations, to renegotiate and develop a contemporary perception of the collective memory of…
The Anthrax Chimaera by Elias Tsakmakis
The underlying notion behind this body of work by Elias Tsakmakis is the acknowledgement of the fact that the contemporary man is primarily a consumer and end-user but hardly ever…
Black Biomorphic by Konstantinos Papamichalopoulos
The Black Biomorphic series is a growing collection of white-on-black drawings that have been ported from Konstantinos Papamichalopoulos’ work in comics such as “The Jap” and “The Jap – Deuteronomion”.
Emilia Xanthopoulou’s portraits
“The confusion of values that prevails in the life of modern man could not leave art unaffected; or is it the other way round?”
A violent world given in classical Greek art
In Cleon Peterson’s ‘End of Days’, violence is the status quo. Whatever days have ended, they have been succeeded by a new age of barbarism.
The unique murals of Alexandros Vasmoulakis
Alexandros Vasmoulakis is an artist from Athens, known for his unique-style murals on large buildings. His main purpose for every piece he creates is to communicate.