Roots and hidden human truths: Art exhibition by Irini Vazoukou at The Attic Gallery
Attic
27 Feb 2019
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CORFU. A particularly important exhibition is opening at the Attic Gallery (Corfu) on Saturday 2 March, with the new work of the internationally recognised Greek artist Irini Vazoukou.
Entitled “Visible. The Invisible Crypt,” it presents a rich array of her work from the last four years, some of which have already been shown in major exhibitions around Greece. This will be their first showing as a collection in Corfu, curated by British-Greek cultural historian Sasha Chaitow.
The “Roots” cycle, and the “Visible-Invisible Crypt.”
In this cycle of paintings, Irini Vazoukou explores every facet of the concept of roots… the roots of history and mythology where elements of identity are found… the roots that are violently cut off and the pain that accompanies flight and involuntary exile… and moves into the concept of entrapment which can sometimes be a true trap, but can also transform into the gestation of something new.
In each case the viewer becomes involved and participates in the painting, because each painting appears to ask a question that begins a dialogue. This sensation is intensified by the soft palette, the ethereal symbolic forms, and the sense of a watery filter being applied to everything, like an aged fresco. The images await our participation for them to come alive and surprise us. They are not easy images – but they are deeply human, and they do what art is obliged to do: they make us question and they provoke us.
As a collection this is an incredibly powerful body of work that raises current questions about modern humanity and the human condition, drawing us despite ourselves into a silent dialogue. Vazoukou is not afraid of asking difficult questions; on the contrary, she sets them deliberately, recruiting all her skills to place us in front of the question, of “what does it mean to be human?”
The Attic Gallery, 1, Rizospaston Voulefton St (former French Institute), side entrance, 2nd floor.
Opening: Saturday 2 March, 7:30pm
Duration: until 20 March.
Visiting hours: Tue-Thur: 5-9pm. Fri-Sat: 12-9pm. Sunday: 12-3pm. Closed on Mondays.
The “Roots” cycle, and the “Visible-Invisible Crypt.”
In this cycle of paintings, Irini Vazoukou explores every facet of the concept of roots… the roots of history and mythology where elements of identity are found… the roots that are violently cut off and the pain that accompanies flight and involuntary exile… and moves into the concept of entrapment which can sometimes be a true trap, but can also transform into the gestation of something new.
In each case the viewer becomes involved and participates in the painting, because each painting appears to ask a question that begins a dialogue. This sensation is intensified by the soft palette, the ethereal symbolic forms, and the sense of a watery filter being applied to everything, like an aged fresco. The images await our participation for them to come alive and surprise us. They are not easy images – but they are deeply human, and they do what art is obliged to do: they make us question and they provoke us.
As a collection this is an incredibly powerful body of work that raises current questions about modern humanity and the human condition, drawing us despite ourselves into a silent dialogue. Vazoukou is not afraid of asking difficult questions; on the contrary, she sets them deliberately, recruiting all her skills to place us in front of the question, of “what does it mean to be human?”
The Attic Gallery, 1, Rizospaston Voulefton St (former French Institute), side entrance, 2nd floor.
Opening: Saturday 2 March, 7:30pm
Duration: until 20 March.
Visiting hours: Tue-Thur: 5-9pm. Fri-Sat: 12-9pm. Sunday: 12-3pm. Closed on Mondays.
Contact: www.theattic.gr, [email protected] , 26614.01198.
