Visual – arts exhibition Color in the Land of our times with the participation of 24 great Greek visual – artists & 40 young students – artists at the ASFA
The dramatic situation that our country faces nowadays and on the occasion of the book poem Land of our times by Giorgos Douatzis is illustrated by 24 painters through their artworks in a visual-art poetic event entitled Color in the Land of our times at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation. The exhibition opens on Monday, the 19th of March, at 20:00, and will take place until Tuesday, the 3rd of April 2012. A
large amount of the artworks selling turnover will be offered by the
artists in favor of the financial support of the underprivileged people
of the Municipality of Moschato Tavros.
Agelidis
Nikos, Amarantos Michalis, Vatanidis Stathis, Giagianos Apostolos,
Giannakaki Maria, Drougas Achilleas, Kana Rena, Karas Christos,
Katsadiotis Christoforos, Katsoulidi Marianna, Kontellis Andreas,
Lazogas Giorgos, Martinou Eleanna, Masteropoulos Giannis, Metzikof
Giannis, Mpotsoglou Chronis, Nikolaou Andreas, Rinas Vagelis, Samios
Pavlos, Sarakatsianos Christos, Skoula Maria, Skoulakis Dimos, Psychaki
Myrto, Psychopedis Giannis
The participation of the 40 young students – artists consists of real flags and banners which have been painted on subjects influenced by the social reality and the particular moments of the Modern Greek history that we all experience.
With critical perspective and visual courage they demonstrate with flags referring to the general human circumstances, up to the Greek identity, Europe as well as the crisis. This very young generation of the incoming artists makes with emotions, imagination and energy its own mark
while the artists with their own incompatible determination through
their art and attitude fight for their values and principles.
Participating: [ASFA 7th Semester – Painting Workshop]:
Cleopatra
Techlikidi, Cleopatra Drosopoulou, Leto Kattou, Vaso Tzouti, Kamelia
Samata, Yannis Chimonakis, Natassa Georgakaki, Peny Monoyou, Mpessy
Ralli, Emanouella Agelopoulou, Sofia Kyriakopoulou, Liza Karatza,
Vivian Chalkidi, Anta Anastasea, Alexandros Vergis, Andrianna Daouti,
Christina Kousoulidou, Kristi Grigoriou, Vasilis Koutouzis, Tzeni
Kazantzidi, Maria Orfanoudaki, Pavlina Vagioni, Liana Salampsa,
Thodoris Trampas, Kyriaki Goni, Andreas Christodoulou, Dimitra Eleni
Georgiou, Evagelia Papathanasiou, Ageliki Loi, Apostolis Filippou, Nota
Paterimou, Tasos Pantis, Sophie Fardella, Fotini Palpana, Pavlos
Ioannidis, Eleni Kokolaki, Katerina Theodorakopoulou, Magdalini Vasila,
Asimaki Spyridoula, Katerina Magirou, Evelina Ntountounaki
The art historian Ira Papapostolou,
who is the curator of the exhibition, writes, among others, in the
catalogue: Twenty four artists, the tragic situation our country goes
through and the book-poem Land of our times by Giorgos Douatzis. Three
starting points, one encounter, a prolific dialogue.
Visual
artists of different generations, styles, approaches, choose lines from
the poem, they commune with it and they transform it into images. The
poetic work is shared through the hands of the artists and shapes
another form. Realism, expressionism, conceptual art, surrealism,
abstract art encounter and recompose the Land of our Times, a land with
its winners as well as its defeated, with its dark as well as its
light, with the masks of its sorrow, however, with its hope as well.
Giorgos Douatzis
highlights among others in the exhibitions catalogue: When I was
writing by the end of 2009 the Land of our Times, which was published
in 2010, I couldnt imagine the extreme worsening of that multisided
crisis which emerged only as financial, but I consider it as natural
transformation of the culture, society, politics, even national entity
crisis. As another bad fortuneteller I see unfortunately, now, all my
lines being reality, I see my land getting more dark, I see human pain,
despair, lack of democracy and rage overflowing. This exhibition attempts to become a little yelling of reminder, compassion and solidarity.
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