ART CITIES:Athens-Theorimata 2: On History

George Harvalias, Europa, Countries-Pillows, 1993-1994, printed blankets from the Hellenic Navy, 210 x 270cmThe promotion and support of the current Greek artistic production through scientific, theoretical and artistic research is the foundation of the project “Theorimata” of AICA – Hellas, aiming at a biennial repetition. Scholars of art history, critics, curators and artists come into dialogue and collaborate around a theme emerging from of contemporary concerns.

Photo: EMST Archive

For the 2nd edition of the project in the exhibition titled “Theorimata 2: On History” 25 curators, scholars and art critics, members of the Greek Section of AICA, proposed up to three artists around the theme “On History”. In total 56 artists with History as their axis, promote the function of art as an alternative educational tool and a means of dynamically intervening in the social fabric. The idea that the knowledge of the past is an aid to the interpretation of the present and a guide to the future, asserted by Thucydides in his first book on the History of the Peloponnesian War, runs through the exhibition in which installations, constructions, sculptures, photographs, paintings, artists’ books, drawings, videos and happenings are presented.

Participating Artists: Alexandros M. Pfaff, Vicky Tsalamata, Antonis Choudalakis, Marina Gioti, Aristeidis Lappas, Thanasis Chondros – Alexandra Katsiani, Klitsa Antoniou, Yioula Hatzigeorgiou, Anastasis Stratakis, Yorgos Lazongas, Fotini Poulia, Angelos Skourtis, Marios Spiliopoulos, Tassos Triandafyllou, Ersi Hatziargyrou, Annita Argyroiliopoulou, Irini Diadou, Maria Andromachi Chatzinikolaou, Mary Christea, Filippos Vasileiou, Ersi Venetsanou, Costas Vrouvas, Evi Kirmakidou, Nikos Giavropoulos, C o s t i s, Georgia Kotretsos & Panos Tsagaris, Eleni Lyra, Efsevia Mihailidou, Dimitris Skourogiannis, Eleni Τzirtzilaki, Giorgos Tserionis, George Harvalias, Dimitris Alithinos, Angelos Antonopoulos, Yiorgos Tsakiris, Dimitris Zouroudis, Kyrillos Sarris, Alexandros Georgiou, Pelagia Kyriazi, Georgia Sagri, Eliza Soroga, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Takis Zerdevas, Constantinos Massos, Efi Fouriki, Pandelis Lazaridis, Erato Tagaridi, Paris Chaviaras, Georgia Damopoulou, Nikos Papadimitriou, Ilias Papailiakis, Makis Faros – Zoi Pyrini  Group and Kostas Tsolis.

Cover photo: George Harvalias, Europa, Countries-Pillows, 1993-1994, printed blankets from the Hellenic Navy, 210 x 270 cm

Info: Organizational & curatorial committee: Emmanuel Mavrommatis, Bia Papadopoulou, Artemis Potamianou, Faye Tzanetoulakou, Kostas Christopoulos and AICA members Charis Kanellopoulou and Niki Papaspyrou, EMST (National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens), Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str, former Fix factory, Athens, Duration: 1/10-1/11/20, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 11;00-19:00, www.emst.gr

Left: Angelos Antonopoulos, Confinement, 2017, sculpture with sound, PVC, graphite, 145 x 80cm Right: Georgia Damopoulou, Reminder of Destruction - Loving life, 2020, resin, thread, copper tube, 265 x 170cm
Left: Angelos Antonopoulos, Confinement, 2017, sculpture with sound, PVC, graphite, 145 x 80 cm
Right: Georgia Damopoulou, Reminder of Destruction – Loving life, 2020, resin, thread, copper tube, 265 x 170 cm

 

 

Marina Gioti, The Secret School, 2009, video still
Marina Gioti, The Secret School, 2009, video still

 

 

Kyrillos Sarris, The journey of a fool stop, 1995, leporello, 16 x 11,4cm
Kyrillos Sarris, The journey of a fool stop, 1995, leporello, 16 x 11,4 cm

 

 

Anastasis Stratakis, A state of quinces, pomegranates and apples as defined by the observer Polychronis Lembessis, as defined by the observer Anastasis Stratakis, 2016, graphite and acrylic ink on paper, 38 × 48cm
Anastasis Stratakis, A state of quinces, pomegranates and apples as defined by the observer Polychronis Lembessis, as defined by the observer Anastasis Stratakis, 2016, graphite and acrylic ink on paper, 38 × 48 cm