ART NEWS: November No. 2

The 3rd part of the trilogy Birth-Life-Death of Marianna Strapatsaki entitled “Adiloi Topoi – Aperanto Leuko” in the three screens of the installation, the central role holds a female figure arrayed in white garments which is played by the German actress Katharina Thalbach. Focusing first on the face, the video displays a range of emotions and situations such as: childbirth pain, pleasure, anger and sorrow. Meanwhile, in both other screens, presented images that link to the human passions, the cycles of life and death for the animal and plant kingdom, together with geological and meteorological phenomena. Municipal Gallery of Corfu, Old Palace (Michael and St. George), Corfu, Duration5/11-5/12/14, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun:18:00-21:00, www.artcorfu.com/el

Group exhibition with artists from Greece and Germany whose practices span drawing, sound, text, video and performance that probe and disrupt private and public space and the cultural, historical and political narratives built around it. Currently all 5 artists are working with students of Athens School of Fine Arts and the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich on a project called ‘Survival Kit’, developing new tools for critical artistic practice beyond the institution in times of crisis. Participating Artists: Nikos Arvanitis, Stephan Dillemuth, Anja Kirschner, Karolin Meunier and Zafos Xagoraris. Françoise Heitsch Gallery, Amalienstr. 19, Munich, Germany, Duration: 4/11-20/12/1, Dayw & Hours: Tue-Fri: 14:00-19:00, Sat:12:00-14:00, www.francoiseheitsch.de

Attributed to a Brahman who might have written it in the 4th century of our era, the Kama-Sutra makes up one of the major texts of medieval Hinduism and is not a pornographic book, as it is often described in the Western world. The exhibition, unadvised for minors, will explain the erotic aesthetics specific to the erotic aesthetics of Indian cultural life and to Hinduism through 330 outstanding works including those of Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, maharana of Udaipur and the remarkable collection of Beroze and Michel Sabatier – sculptures, paintings, miniatures, objects of daily life, “pillow books”, illustrated works that were offered to the newlyweds until the 19th century, in order to give them an erotic education-, organized according to the seven sections of the Kama-Sutra. It will also attempt to understand why the Western world casts such a deformed look on that very unusual book. Pinacothèque de Paris 2-8, Rue Vignon, Paris, Duration: 2/10/14-11/1/15, Days & Hours: Wed-Mon: 10:30-19:30, http://www.pinacotheque.com/en/home.html

The group exhibition “Inside” offers visitors a passage to the interior of the self, for which the exhibition space serves as a metaphor. This immense odyssey, both physical and psychological, invites us to walk through two floors of the Palais de Tokyo that have been transformed by artists in such a way that, from one installation to the next, we remain constantly immersed in the works, which lead us within ourselves – from our skin to our most intimate thoughts. Palais De Tokyo, 13, Avenue du Président Wilson, Paris, Duration: 20/11/14-11/1/15, Days & Hours: 12:00-24:00, www.palaisdetokyo.com/fr