Art without borders: Ukrainian Art project "RE: CREATION" in Thessaloniki.
Organized by the Culture Center ArtLine under the auspices of the Embassy of Ukraine in Greece and the Consulate of Ukraine to Thessaloniki
From May 17th till June 2nd 2021 the exhibition of the Ukrainian Art Project "RE: CREATION" will take place in the "Govedarou Art Gallery" in Thessaloniki.
In frames of the project, art-works of more than 15 distinguished Ukrainian artists will be presented to the Greek audience. The project was organized by the Culture Center “ArtLine” under the auspices of the Embassy of Ukraine in Greece and the Consulate of Ukraine in Thessaloniki.
The exhibition is designed to present to the Greek public a variety of techniques, styles and creative approaches of contemporary Ukrainian artists. The exhibition will feature both classical painting and unique original techniques of painting on glass and wood, sculpture, ceramics and exclusive jewelry from the famous Ukrainian brand "Fursa Fashion".
The curator of the project, renowned Ukrainian artist Marianna Abramova, set a goal to present the creative energy and potential of Ukrainian art, to reveal what inspires it and what becomes a creative impulse for the artist, to explore the interaction of different arts, and thus comprehend the dialogue in art and culture through the works of Ukrainian artists.
"This project, created in collaboration with Greek gallery owner and co-curator Natasa Govedarou, is another bright link in the chain of cultural ties and creative dialogue between the two countries. It aims to expand the field of intercultural dialogue and consolidate the successful steps already taken in the direction of our cooperation in the field of culture between Ukraine and Greece "- says Marianna Abramova
The project was conceived and was due to be presented to the Greek audience in May this year.
But the quarantine has happened that seemed to paralyze life both externally and internally. Each of us and the world as a whole had to comprehend himself in new realities. For some, this pause was a stimulus for a creative explosion, for some a moment of silenceand reflection. But one way or another, the project, designed to highlight the place of creative impulse, creative understanding of reality in the era of high technology and super speeds, during this time of "global pause" proved to be even more relevant.
The world lockdown in the limited space of apartments turned up to what we used to take for granted - namely to art. The quarantined man turned to the book, reviewed many of the Museum's exhibits online, watched cinema masterpieces and listened to the music of all times.
“RE: CREATION” project offers you the opportunity to look behind the scenes of the "creative laboratory" of contemporary Ukrainian artists, to analyze what becomes a nourishing resource that pushes to action , what types and works of world art are reflected in the paintings of contemporary Ukrainian artists.
Thus Marianna Abramova explores the theme of theater in our lives, where we are spectators and at the same time creators of the reality that is hidden behind the scenes and is about to open to our vision.
Irina Akimova is inspired by Shakespeare’s plays and interprets images of Romeo and Juliet’s eternal love, as well as the inevitable drama of the Montecchi and Capuletti conflict in an abstract way, capturing the casts of peak emotional states.
The energy and passion of Argentine tango is hidden in the contrasting, dynamic paintings of Inna Katyushchenko.
Nature becomes the starting point of creativity of a number of bright artists.
Katerina Pyatakova sees the beauty of nature as the main source of inspiration and recreates in her pastel works the living matter of the sea to a sense of presence.
Yaroslav Valiev gives nature and the element of water a symbolic meaning - in his paintings the mountains become a metaphor for the dialogue between the past and the future, and the sea - a stormy stream of consciousness.
Alina Khrapchynskaya studies the changing states of nature with the help of a bright fleshy color texture in paintings created in the open air in different parts of the world, including Greece.
Lilia Postil's landscapes are also a kaleidoscope of bright emotions and natural states.
And Olena Smal praises the Cosmos and cosmic energy as the organizing energy of life.
In the bright ceramic works of Mariia Litichevskaya - the beauty and unique expressiveness of natural springs: geysers and minerals.
The female image as the embodiment of natural harmony - in the elegant, laconic sculptural compositions of Nabil Wehbe (Ukraine - Lebanon).
The woman appears in a key way in the work of Tatiana Cherevan, who successfully combines in the presented works the study of women's psychology with the reproduction of exotic sensuality and the taste of journeys.
And on the black / white canvases of Aleksandra Musienko, woman is a symbol of beauty and an unsolved mystery.
Alexander Fandikov - a creator of legends and a connoisseur of mystical creatures - recreates the seasons with the help of forest minstrels, who sing the melody of autumn, and his magical character "Dream Guardian" protects home comfort at any time and under any circumstances.
The play of sun and light on unique glass paintings by Lilia Zadoyanchuk who co - authored the creative process and each time revealed the luxury of the recreated moment of life.
The impulse for the work of Paolo Vasilevich is philosophical reflections, embodied in the complex compositional and colorful mosaic of the work of "John".
Dmitriy Zazimko turns to the mystery of signs and symbols of ancient times, trying to reveal the meaning of today's events through the magic of the past.
The bright note of the project is the exclusive jewelry from the Ukrainian brand "Fursa Fashion", which skillfully combines ethnic Ukrainian motifs and modern design, and thus makes Ukrainian history a part of today’s life.
The world will probably never be the same. Certain things will change radically but what became obvious is that it is impossible without creative self-knowledge and art as one of the brightest links in this process. Art has always been and will be a window to the world - even through the closed borders.
The "RE: CREATION" project invites you to share that vital energy of inspiration that is fulfilled in unique pieces of painting, sculpture, ceramics and exclusive jewelry by famous Ukrainian brand “Fursa Fashion”.
Curator of the project:
Marianna Abramova – Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Member of the Visual Artists Association of Central Greece (VAACG), art- director of Culture center “ArtLine”
Co-curator: Natasa Govedarou (Govedarou Art Gallery director)
Participants:
Marianna Abramova. Irina Akimova. Tatiana Cherevan. Alexandr Fandikov. Inna Katiyshchenko. Mariia Litichevskaya. Alexandra Musienko .Liliia Postil .Katerina Pyatakova. Elena Smal. Yaroslav Valiev. Paolo Vasilchenko. Nabil Wehbe. Alina Khrapchinskaya. Liliia Zadoyanchuk. Dmitriy Zazimko and exclusive Ukrainian jewelry brand “Fursa Fashion
Μέσα στα πλαίσια της ατομικής του έκθεσης θα παρουσιαστεί παράλληλα και ένα μέρος από το πρότζεκτ MailArtProject: ”AgainstWar” byReinerLanger το οποίο ο ίδιος έχει ξεκινήσει εδώ και περίπου 25 χρόνια με συμμετοχές εικαστικών από όλο τον κόσμο που θέλουν να εκφράσουν μέσα από τα έργα τους την εναντίωση και δυσαρέσκειά τους για τον πόλεμο. Στη τελευταία μεγάλη έκθεση που έγινε συμμετείχαν 400 εικαστικοί με 900 έργα από όλο τον κόσμο.
Εγκαίνια: Πέμπτη 19 Μαρτίου, ώρα 19:30
Διάρκεια έκθεσης: 19 Μαρτίου – 4 Απριλίου 2020
Είσοδος ελεύθερη για το κοινό.
Ο εικαστικός Reiner Langer από τη Γερμανία έρχεται στη Θεσσαλονίκη να εκθέσει στη Govedarou Art Gallery, Γ.Παπανδρέου 5(πρώην Ανθεων, στάση Γεωργίου) τα έργα του. Ο τίτλος της δεύτερης ατομικής του έκθεσης στη γκαλερί είναι "ForFreedom". Τα εγκαίνια θα γίνουν τη Πέμπτη 19 Μαρτίου, στις 19:30 στο χώρο της γκαλερί. Η έκθεση θα διαρκέσει έως τις 4 Απριλίου. Όλα τα έργα έχουν γίνει με τη δική του πρωτότυπη μικτή τεχνική που χρησιμοποιεί, την οποία πολλοί θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να μάθουν μέσα από τα δίωρα εργαστήρια που θα γίνουν στις 24 Μαρτίου και στις 26 Μαρτίου στη γκαλερί (πληροφορίες στο This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Μέσα στα πλαίσια της ατομικής του έκθεσης θα παρουσιαστεί παράλληλα και ένα μέρος από το πρότζεκτ MailArtProject: ”AgainstWar” byReinerLanger το οποίο ο ίδιος έχει ξεκινήσει εδώ και περίπου 25 χρόνια με συμμετοχές εικαστικών από όλο τον κόσμο που θέλουν να εκφράσουν μέσα από τα έργα τους την εναντίωση και δυσαρέσκειά τους για τον πόλεμο. Στη τελευταία μεγάλη έκθεση που έγινε συμμετείχαν 400 εικαστικοί με 900 έργα από όλο τον κόσμο.
Εγκαίνια: Πέμπτη 19 Μαρτίου, ώρα 19:30
Διάρκεια έκθεσης: 19 Μαρτίου – 4 Απριλίου 2020
Είσοδος ελεύθερη για το κοινό.
Χορηγοί επικοινωνίας: Polis Magazino, Thessculture
Govedarou Art Gallery, G. Papandreou 5 (formerly Antheon, Georgiou stop) is organizing the solo photography exhibition of the German photographer Achim Dittrich entitled "A Glimpse of Nature: From Greenland to Greece". In this exhibition you can see magnificent landscapes taken in Greenland, Germany, Iceland and Greece, as well as photos taken with the macrophotography technique. The opening of the exhibition will take place on Wednesday, February the 26th at 19.30 at the gallery and the duration will be until March the 14th 2020.
In the framework of this solo photography exhibition there will be a presentation on Thursday, March the 5th, at 19.00 by Achim Dittrich of the Macrophotography Techniques. The audience will have the opportunity to chat and exchange ideas with the photographer.
Opening: Wednesday, February the 26th at 19:30
Exhibition Duration: 26th of February – 14th of March 2020
Presentation of Macrophotography Techniques on Thursday, March the 5th at 19:00
Free admission to the public.
Communication Sponsor: Polis Magazino
The Govedarou Art Gallery, G. Papandreou 5 (formerly Antheon, Georgiou stop) organizes the solo exhibition of the artist Nina Michailidou entitled "Memory". She is a graduate of the School of Fine Arts of the Department of Fine Arts and Art Sciences of the University of Ioannina, as well as an Interior Design program.
Her works are basically black and white, with particular attention to detail and geometry, influenced by the urban landscape of the cities, ports and anti-fire masks of World War I. Opening will be on Monday, February 3 at 19:30 will last until February 22.
Opening: Monday, February 3, 19:30
Duration of exhibition: 3 to 22 February 2020
Free admission to the public.
Communication Sponsor: Polis Magazino
Working hours:
Monday & Wednesday: 11am - 4pm
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 11.00 - 14.00 & 18.00 - 21.00
Saturday: 11am - 2pm
Gallery info also at https://www.facebook.com/pg/govedarouartgallery
Η Govedarou Art Gallery, Γ.Παπανδρέου 5(πρώην Ανθέων, στάση Γεωργίου) διοργανώνει στο χώρο της την αναδρομική έκθεση από το 2000 έως 2019 της εικαστικού Δήμητρας Κούλα. Είναι απόφοιτη της Ανώτατης Σχολής Καλών Τεχνών του ΑΠΘ και μέλος του Επιμελητήριου Εικαστικών Τεχνών από το 2000 με επιμορφώσεις και μεταπτυχιακό στην ειδική αγωγή και εκπαίδευση.
Τα έργα της είναι σημεία σύγκλισης ανάμεσα στο παραστατικό και το αφηρημένο ωστε να προκαλέσει τον θεατή να ερευνήσει το πεδίο του φαντασιακού.
Εγκαίνια: Τετάρτη 15 Ιανουαρίου, ώρα 19:30
Διάρκεια έκθεσης: 15 έως 31 Ιανουαρίου 2020
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Χορηγός επικοινωνίας: PolisMagazino
3rd ArtExpo:"Opportunity4all"
11th of December 2019 until 11th of January 2020
Govedarou Art Gallery in collaboration with the Organization «The Smile of the Child» organizes a group exhibition at the gallery giving the opportunity to new mainly artists to exhibit their work in the art world. A percentage of 20% from the sales of the artworks from 33 participating artists from 11/12/2019 to 11/01/2020 will be given for the benefit of the Organization.
Opening: Wednesday 11 of December 2019 at 19.30
Also see on the official site of "The smile of the Child" >>
Σας περιμένουμε όλους στη 4η Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair!
Θα μας βρείτε στο Περίπτερο 10 - Booth 17 της HELEXPO.
At 4th Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair 21-24/11/2019
GOVEDAROU ART GALLERY, Thessaloniki, Greece
Περίπτερο 10-Booth 17
Συμμετέχοντες εικαστικοί / Participating artists:
Maria Zisi | Untitled 1 | 25x22 cm | Bas-relief with oil on canvas
Maria Zisi | Untitled 2 | 25x22 cm | Bas-relief with oil on canvas
Maria Zisi | Untitled 3 | 25x22 cm | Bas-relief with oil on canvas
Maria Zisi | Jessica Rabbit | 122x185 cm | Oil on canvas
Nana Winter-Georgiadou | Untitled | 190x140 cm | Oil on canvas
Nina Michailidou | The last kiss | 96x112 cm | Charcoal on white paper
Stefanos Folinas | Dyptich | Deisis 1 | 150x100 cm | Mixed media on canvas
Stefanos Folinas | Dyptich | Deisis 2 | 150x100 cm | Mixed media on canvas
Stelios Zacharoudis | Figure-Surprise | Oil on Canvas | 135x85 cm
Stelios Zacharoudis | Figure-Dynamic | Oil on Canvas | 120x100 cm
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Η 4η Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair, θα πραγματοποιηθεί στη Θεσσαλονίκη στην ΔΕΘ XELEXPO (περίπτερα 10-9-8) από 21 έως 24 Νοεμβρίου 2019. Η Art-Thessaloniki με ένα εκτενές παράλληλο πρόγραμμα, περιμένει να καλωσορίσει πολλούς επισκέπτες, συλλέκτες, αγοραστές από όλο τον κόσμο, που θα περιηγηθούν ανάμεσα σε μουσεία και αίθουσες τέχνης. Η Art-Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair, έχει καθιερωθεί ως το σημαντικότερο καλλιτεχνικό γεγονός στο Νότιο-Ανατολικό άκρο της Ευρώπης καθ'ως παρουσιάζει εκθέσεις σημαντικών γκαλερί από την Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό, όπως επίσης και πολλά άλλα project.
- Για πρώτη φορά θα έχει την ευκαιρία το φιλότεχνο κοινό της πόλης να επισκεφθεί την έκθεση "Unexpected Dialogue"
- Picasso & Jankulovski με κεραμικά έργα του Pablo Picasso και ζωγραφικά έργα του Mice Jankulovski. Η έκθεση παρουσιάζεται σε συνεργασία με το Museum of Drawing Skopje με επιμελητή της τον κ. Μάνο Στεφανίδη.
- Τιμώμενος Καλλιτέχνης της φετινής διοργάνωσης έχει επιλεγεί ο Έλληνο-Αμερικάνος ηθοποιός και εικαστικός, Billy Zane.
- Συλλογές Ελλήνων συλλεκτών: Συλλογή Ν. Βερνίκου, με έργα του σημαντικού καλλιτέχνη Dennis Oppenheim (1938 - 2011). Συλλογή Παπαδημητρίου, με έργα καλλιτεχνών που εκπροσωπούν την γενιά του 1980. Συλλογή STARLETS. Μελέτες και προσχέδια από τον διεθνή κινηματογράφο του Γιώργου Βακιρτζή (1923-1988). Το Εθνογραφικό Κέντρο Γιώργη Μελίκη
- Κέντρο Έρευνας Μάσκας του δημοσιογράφου Γ. Μελίκη, παρουσιάζει μέρος της συλλογής του.
- Αφιέρωμα στην Σύγχρονη Βυζαντινή Αγιογραφία.
- Η Πολιτιστική Εταιρεία Επιχειρηματιών Βορείου Ελλάδος (ΠΕΕΒΕ) σε συνεργασία με την Art Thessaloniki International Contemaporary Art Fair καθιερώνουν το βραβείο "MATAROA", με στόχο την καλλιτεχνική προώθηση νέων δημιουργών. Οι 10 επιλεγμένοι καλλιτέχνες θα παρουσιάσουν την δουλειά τους σε ατομικά περίπτερα.
- Το πρωί της Παρασκευής 22/11/2019 η έκθεση θα καλωσορίσει μαθητές της Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης οπού θα ξεναγηθούν στον χώρο και θα τους δωθεί ενημερωτικό έντυπο με την χορηγία της τράπεζας EUROBANK. Όλη η διοργάνωση γίνεται σε συνεργασία με την ΔΕΘ-HELEXPO.
Εγκαίνια: Πέμπτη 21 Νοεμβρίου 2019 (19.00)
Διάρκεια έκθεσης: 21/11/2019 - 24/11/2019
Ώρες επίσκεψης:
Πέμπτη: 16.00 - 22.00
Παρασκευή: 9.30 - 21.00
Σάββατο: 11.00 – 21.00
Κυριακή: 11.00 - 21.00
Διεύθυνση HELEXPO: 154 Εγνατία, 54636 Θεσσαλονίκη
Govedarou Art Gallery organizes the solo exhibition of the artist Maria Zisi entitled "Aspects of Woman and Water". Art historian Maria Kyrgiafini writes about the works of Maria Zisi: Pastel-colored oils and escape from the two-dimensional form of the painting become the means by which the artist Maria Zisi bridges art with the experiences of the modern woman. It is essentially a technical escape that functions as a transition from painting to canvas to miniature sculpture.
The female existence in transition, the life of a woman of all ages in the daily life, the motherhood and the inner, timeless reality are the artistic references of the artist in the collection of Aspects of woman and water works. Fragments of a reality, women flowing through time, past, and now. Flowing women like water, which is a field of concern for women as an archetype of every regeneration and transformation. Water has been there since the beginning of human life, giving birth and regeneration, giving life and releasing it. In Bathtubs the water becomes a mirror-passage, a showdown only by itself.
In that private bathroom, the goal is to isolate the emotion, with the water sometimes covering and sometimes interpreting the small sculptures of lasting companionship.
Opening: Wednesday, November the13th, 19:30
Duration: 13 to 30 of November 2019
Sponsor: STOSA Kitchens
Free admission to the public.
Invitation
Irantzu Lekue works social art, conceptual art, activism and art accessible through artistic installations, video art, painting and sculpture. She has won the First Prize Videotalentos of the Santander Foundation, the First Prize photographic memories of the Canal Foundation or the Welcome Donostia 2016, among others.
She has studied Bachelor of Fine Arts from the UPV / EHU, at the University of Granada, the University of the Laguna de Tenerife and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia (Italy). Postgraduate in photography at the Master Photoespaña: Theories and artistic projects at the European University of Madrid and in cinema, with an International Bachelor in Creative Media Production, at the School of Communication, Image and Sound (CEV) of Madrid and the University of Essex (England).
Her works are characterized by their social awareness work. Through various techniques, she has produced works that analyze the condition of women, social injustices, climate change, life and death. During the last years she has influenced the demand and accessibility through art. In her artistic practice she has gone through different stages that have marked her work. It began with introspective works that reflected different stages such as cancer disease, identity crises, loneliness, bullying, death or sexual abuse.
Subsequently, her works have varied towards an increasingly social theme such as gender, racism, historical memory or socio-economic injustices, using art as a tool to activate thoughts around hegemonic and unfair situations in different social environments; all closely linked to social art. Her artistic installation works invite spectators to be part of them and to be able to interact with them, to promote participation, reflection and self-criticism. That is why the artist performs actions in the public space in order to provoke some kind of reaction in the public making the viewer a participant or part of her work. Her artistic practice has also led her to be denounced before the courts as was the case with the artistic occupation of the Krea Building in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Her artistic installations are characterized by being composed of repetitions of everyday objects that are distributed through space, decontextualizing the object, resignifying it and allowing an infinity of readings. Irantzu Lekue was in charge of closing the Energy Waves program of the European Cultural Capital DSS2016 with the urban art installation “Aztarnak”. She made a huge fingerprint consisting of 10,000 glass bottles. Each bottle contained a message from citizens who wanted to participate in the work with desires for culture and art.
Transformative muralism
The Basque artist Irantzu Lekue and her team also perform murals on a large scale and also orders for companies or private homes, collaborative, participatory murals or artistic commissions to take art wherever it is necessary. Transformative muralism because it improves, brings art to the street and bets on urban rehabilitation from society. She wants to improve environments outside but also inside through the dynamics of citizen participation. Her last project has been done in Barcelona.