Mosaic Art – Poetry | Mosaic art exhibition by Catherine Cabourgiannidou-Contogiorgi

From 9 November until 2 December 2018

Opening: Thursday 15/11 at 19.30

at the Exhibition areas of the 1st and 2nd floors

The retrospective mosaic art exhibition, by Catherine Cabourgiannidou-Contogiorgi, presented at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, displays the long history of mosaic art from the classic to the Hellenistic and the Byzantine period, right through to the modern era. In her most recent works, the artist has focused both theme and technique on the various movements related to abstract art.

The exhibition includes marble, enamel, semi-precious stones, glass, plastic, wall-mounts, floor tables, everyday items in color palettes which reflect each era and each thematic.

As noted by the art historian, Prof. Manos Stefanidis, “Catherine Cabourgiannidou-Contogiorgi is a mosaicist who paints pictures and an artist who expresses herself through the use of tiles, producing poetry with unrefined stone and pure color. The proficiency of her designs ensures the functionality of her creations as, behind each one, an invisible architecture can be found”.

The major issues of our times, which are the turbulence and violent uproar on a financial, social and political level, are mirrored in the intense complexity and semiotics of the works.

The art of mosaics is particularly useful in depicting the prevailing atmosphere. Mosaic, as poetry and as an expression of freedom, is combined with the austere rigidity of the material in an expression of true simplicity, which invites us into a reflective dialogue concerning the human adventure.

A short CV of the artist:

Catherine Cabourgiannidou-Contogiorgi was born in Lefkada of parents from Asia Minor and has been practicing the art of Mosaic since 1994. Following studies in the subjects of law, political sciences, and history, in Athens and Paris, she then applied herself to the art of mosaic, painting and the history of art, studying at the workshops of great artists. She also followed contemporary mosaic seminars in schools in Italy. She created the “Mosaic Group 10” («Ομάδα Ψηφιδωτού 10») to great success and is a member of the Ag. Paraskevi Art Workshop, the Panhellenic Art and Literary Company, The Hellenic Mosaic Association, the International Contemporary Mosaic Association (AIMC), The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA).

Since 1995 she has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Greece and abroad, most recently in Ravenna, Italy (AIMC 2000 and RAVENNA MOSAICO 2015 & 2017, Spilimbergo, Italy 2016, Nazzano, Rome, Pictor Imaginarius 2017 (first prize), 2018, Paray-le-Monial, France, AIMC 2018, Charles, Association less 3R, 2018). Her exhibition at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is her fourth solo exhibition. Her works can also be found in private collections and are displayed in public areas.

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