Museums hosting the works of Alexandros Maganiotis become a field of endless imagination and game for younger and older visitors and also the starting point of hundreds fairytales without beginning or end.
Alexandros Maganiotis’ reflection on individual or group works focuses on the magnitude of the work of art as a linguistic-communicative medium. A key aspect of his artistic research recommends the examination of the margins between image-speech/text along with their interactive and mutually complementary relationship. The series [The Alphabet (from Alpha to Omega)] of 24 compositions of words (one for each letter of the Greek alphabet) and their images, where heads of animals or plants emerge from human bodies, is indicative of his intentions and pursuits towards this direction. Alexandros Maganiotis’ zoomorphic-hybrid figures adopt personas, converse with conventions and stereotypes imposed by contemporary society, are covered up by roles and behaviors, speak about realities and gender identities, introduce an alternative and extremely interesting engagement with the world. The compositions Together, Memoir, Presence and Absence are under the same framework.
Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki
Warehouse B1, port area
Openings days and hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-18:00
Guided tours every Saturday at 12:000
For more info please visit www.cact.gr
