Contemporary Treasures – Part I
Dimitris Andreadis, Savvas Christodoulides, Ioanna Pantazopoulou, Alexandros Papathanasiou, Mihut Boscu Kafchin, Daniel Subkoff
Kerameikou 51
The Ileana
Tounta Contemporary Art Center presents “Contemporary
Treasures – Part I”, a group show of Greek and international artists that are mainly
concerned with notions of ephemeral luxury and issues of material culture in an
era of constant doubt. The show aims to explore the correlations and
contradictions that derive from the juxtaposition of works by artists of
different conceptual backgrounds through the usage of various media.
Dimitris Andreadis presents a set of images, playing with
the notion of the “real” and the “fictitious”, as well as with the idea of the
nature of the artwork itself. He follows the same conceptual approach as in his
large-scale paintings, whereas the “real” and the “abstract” are uncertain and
provoke our perception regarding theory, myth and fiction. Manipulating the
colours and the forms in a painterly manner, the artist composes images of
contemporary treasures. (Dimitris Andreadis was born in 1979. He lives and
works in Athens)
Savvas
Christodoulides’s large
scale sculpture explores the phenomenon of a given space and its boundaries connected
to issues of material and culture in an avant-garde approach. The work, hanging
from the ceiling, transmits the sense of a fragilité which allows it to create a “third” space, the one in-between
the work and the viewer. As a contemporary totem constructed by different
materials, the work illuminates different conceptual spheres, the rational, the
unconscious and the sublime. (Savvas
Christodoulides was born in 1961.
He lives and works in Nicosia)
Mihut Boscu Kafchin artistic practice
includes versatile mediums and techniques. His works refer to a utopian sphere
of social perception. The artist delivers his message through the creation of
sarcastic works and environments in extravagant way. For Kafchin this visual
game aims to invite the viewer to revise and rethink what the artist expresses
and constantly question
its ways of seeing and experiencing art and to change perspectives (Mihut Boscu Kafchin was born in 1986. He lives and
works in Cluj – Napoca, Romania).
Ioanna
Pantazopoulou constructs a maquette for a monument
dedicated to ephemeral luxury. Composed almost entirely of chewing gum, the
structure is also reinforced with toothpicks that form a visible armature. This
ambiguous accumulation provokes a sensorial experience that assumes to be both
pliable and palpable, playful and damaging, ephemeral and perpetual. (Ioanna
Pantazopoulou was born in 1984. She lives and works in Athens).
Alexandros
Papathanasiou mainly creates in situ installations and site-specific works in an
attempt to define space and objects emphasizing on the artistic process. Using
simple materials, with clear references to conceptual art, he re-evaluates the
role of history of art. Every piece proclaims a different emotional state that
usually it is connected to the social conditions that prevail nowadays. (Alexandros
Papathanasiou was born in 1977. He lives and
works in Milan)
Daniel Subkoff stretches the white canvas and very
selectively cuts off pieces formulating a different visual approach. The
painting transforms into a “sculpture-like object”. It expands in to space
changing the way in which it is viewed. Subkoff comments on the material nature
of the white canvas and reveals the relation between shape, space and public
environment. (Daniel Subkoff was born in 1974. He lives and works in NY).
Text
by: Katerina Nikou