But today it is different, 2022
Solo show October 8-November 20, Cultural Center Melina, CIty of Athens, Curated by Christoforos Marinos
This body of work reclaims the pleasure in painting, the energy I had before, or in the first years of, art school, before the need to make sense conceptually . The works are based on paintings from the history of art, especially by Rubens and Delacroix, that I love for their energy and composition, incorporating images from the news and pornographic magazines. I create my own narratives, bringing the past in dialogue with the present. I explore a sense of fleshiness as color and movement, creating figurations of a fluid materiality. I find a connection to the philosopher George Bataille’s view of eroticism as the dissolution of discrete beings.
In a final event in the exhibition, I collaborated with a performer and a musician, to create an immersive environment, including sound, and the audience as participants. The aim was to create a different viewing experience based on intimacy and openness.
Exhibition view
In my garden, part 2. Installation of drawings and ceramics. 600x300x200cm
In my garden (Part I) Painting installation. 35 paintings, oil on canvas.
View of exhibition
