Drawings and Marks
Group Exhibition
10 Jan – 26 Feb 2014
Trikala
TEXT BY
Thanasis Moutsopoulos
PARTICIPANTS
Yannoulis Chalepas ·
Nikos Kessanlis ·
Vlassis Caniaris ·
Daniel (Panagopoulos) ·
Chrissa Romanos ·
Alexis Akrithakis ·
Jannis Kounelis ·
Chrissa ·
Linda Benglis ·
Steve Gianakos ·
Nikos Tranos ·
Nikos Alexiou ·
Elias Kafouros ·
Nikos Papadopoulos ·
Maria Polyzoidou ·
Anastasis Stratakis
Alma Gallery celebrates its four-year effort with Drawings and Marks, a museum quality exhibition, that explores the creative process of drawing in Contemporary Greek Art from the beginnings of the 20th Century, through the Modernism of the 1960s, to some of the more intriguing visual artists of our time.
The exhibition aims to trace the forms of drawing, that often go overlooked vis-a-vis large scale art. Included are drawings of Yannoulis Chalepas, the greatest sculptor of modern Greek art; works on paper from the most significant artists of Greek Modernism of the 1960s: Nikos Kessanlis, Vlassis Caniaris, Daniel (Panagopoulos), Chrissa Romanos, Alexis Akrithakis and internationally renowned artists from the Diaspora: Jannis Kounelis, Chrissa, Linda Benglis, Steve Gianakos, representatives of the 1980s Generation X: Nikos Tranos and gone before his time Nikos Alexiou and finally some of the most promising young visual artists: Elias Kafouros, Nikos Papadopoulos, Maria Polyzoidou and Anastasis Stratakis.
Nikos Kessanlis,
Birds and Flowers,
mixed media on paper
mounted on canvas
35 x 45 cm, 1957
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Yannoulis Chalepas,
Standing Male Figure,
charcoal on paper,
30 x 20,5 cm, 1931
Nereid And Horse,
charcoal pencil on paper,
30 x 20 cm, 1935
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Vlassis Caniaris,
Untitled,
acrylics on newpaper,
59 x 43 cm, 1958
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Daniel (Panagopoulos),
Untitled,
collage on paper,
50 x 65 cm, 1971
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Chrissa Romanos,
Untitled,
mixed media on plexiglass,
145 x 85 cm, 1981
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Steve Gianakos,
Untitled,
mixed media on paper,
71 x 58 cm, 1996
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Steve Gianakos,
Untitled Girl With Fihbowl,
mixed media on paper,
51 x 52 cm, 1996
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Nikos Tranos,
Untitled,
ink and gold marker on paper,
31 x 22 cm, 2007
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Nikos Tranos,
Untitled,
ink and gold marker on paper,
31 x 22 cm, 2007
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Nikos Tranos,
Untitled,
ink and gold marker on paper,
31 x 22 cm, 2007
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Nikos Alexiou,
Untitled,
ink on paper
Nikos Alexiou,
Untitled,
ink on paper
Elias Kafouros,
The Fool,
gouache on paper,
50 x 40 cm, 2013
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Nikos Papadopoulos,
Untitled,
pencil and ink on paper,
40 x 40 cm, 2011,
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Maria Polyzoidou,
Untitled,
charcoal on paper,
29 x 21 cm, 2010,
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Maria Polyzoidou,
Untitled,
charcoal on paper,
29 x 21 cm, 2010,
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Maria Polyzoidou,
Untitled,
charcoal on paper,
29 x 21 cm, 2010,
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Anastasis Stratakis,
Untitled (Unbestimmtheit #2),
digital print and
acrylic ink on paper
29.7 x 21 cm, 2012-13,
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
Anastasis Stratakis,
Untitled (Unbestimmtheit #3),
digital print and
acrylic ink on paper
29.7 x 21 cm, 2012-13,
(Courtesy: AD Gallery)
