ART NEWS:January

Alexandros Maganiotis in the “alphabet games”, exhibits 24 compositions with words (one for each letter of the Greek alphabet) and their images, where animal heads or plants raised through human bodies. They move to the boundary between normal and paradox, balance upon to unexpected encounters and coexistences. The works of Alexandros Maganiotis involve the experience, expand the vision, and are eye-catching, form a mental mechanism, an original aesthetic alphabet itself of the human life and its adventure. Info: “alphabet games”, Cube Gallery, 39 Miaouli Str., Patra, Duration: 15/1-14-2/15, Days & Hours: Tue, Thu, Fri: 10:00-14:00 & 18:00-21:00, Τετ, Wed, Sat: 10:00-14:00, www.cubegallery.gr

The solo exhibition of Christos Charisis entitled “Neverland” is a painting installation consisting of three paintings and a video. In his latest work, the artist opens to the viewers a door, a small chink to their deepest fears. The artist discusses the difficulty to keep someone with the flow of time and cope with the increasing demands of a constant maturity. Of those exact fears springs the uninterrupted need for a shelter. The shelter that which protects indifferently and without having to spell things out, from the ghosts of the outside world. A shelter such as: maternal embrace, caress or lullaby. Info: “Neverland”, 3 Pallados Str., Athens, Duration: 21/1-7/3/15, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri: 12:00-21:00, Sat: 12:00-16:00, www.adgallery.gr

Entang Wiharso belongs to the leading figures of contemporary Indonesian art scene. In his works Wiharso raises issues of everyday life while exploring the socio-political issues of his country, through a close examination of the interpersonal relationships, the traditions and the human soul. The basic question that concerns the artist is whether the dominant power systems oppress our individual and inner desires. Info: “Perfect Mirror”, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, 11 Eptachalkou Street, Athens, Duration: 22/1-26/2/15, Days & Hours: Tue.-Fri: 10:30-18:30, Sat:12:00-16:00, http://bernier-eliades.gr

The group exhibition “Work”, by focusing on the idea of work, gathers works 10 artists who directly or indirectly deal with the sense virtuosity and aims to highlight her reappearance in contemporary art, exploring its meaning. The idea of working as a common factor of the artworks, raises questions over the relationship between handmade and readymade, and between of manual practices and mass production. Participating Artist: James Balmforth, James Capper, Sarai Leόn, Irini Bachlitzanaki, Kosmas Nikolaou, Apostolos Ntelakos, Kostas Roussakis, Savas Christodoulides, Andreas Sell, Raed Yassin. Info: “Work”, Curating: Eirini Bachlitzanaki, Elika Gallery, 27 Omirou Str., Athens, Duration: 22/1-28/2/15, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri: 12:00-20:00, Sat: 12:00-16:00, www.elikagallery.com

Dimitris Tzamouranis in his solo exhibition “A day for Life, a day for Death”, presents two large paintings, that illustrating with representational technique two daily scenes, but they are symbolically charged with life and death and a series of 22 smaller projects, painted on wood, using the symbolic motifs of the Tarot cards, directing with his models his a modern representation of the symbolism of each card separately. Info: “A day for Life, a day for Death”, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, P.P. Germanou 5, Thessaloniki, Duration: 23/1-1/2/15, Days & Hours: Mon, Wed, Sat:10:30-14:00 Tue, Thu, Fri:10:30-14:00 & 17:3030-21:00, www.zinaathanassiadou.com

“Natural Histories” is an exhibition of two painted bronze sculptures by Georg Baselitz and Mark Grotjahn. Baselitz with the artwork “Römischer Gruß/Roman Salute” (2004), seeks to expand the scope of traditional representation in art. Baselitz has constantly revisited and reimagined his chosen motifs over time. Similarly, the sculpture “Mask” Grotjahn started from spontaneous assembling pieces of cardboard and eventually transformed in a mold to create a bronze sculpture. Info: “Natural Histories”, Gagosian Gallery, 3 Merlin Str., Athens, Duration: 29/1-21/3/15, Days & Hours: Mon-Fri: 11:00-18:00, Sat: 11:00-15:00, www.gagosian.com