ART-PRESENTATION: Theorimata 2-On History
The 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: Klitsa Antoniou, No Photographs Should be Taken Beyond This Point, 2020, two metal signs, mechanical device, light, sound, 150 x 150 x 5cm each
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
