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Artist Statement:
‘Alcohol 2009-2010’
Catalogue 10/2010 ATHENS
Wishing to interpret a work of
art through a written text is
undoubtedly a difficult task
and I often wonder whether it
is even necessary.
A multitude of pages are
written every day all over the
world with the purpose of
explaining the existence,
necessity and worth of various
instances of artistic
expression. In and of itself,
this may trick the writer into
stating points of view that
grow out of the tendencies of
a particular era, out of a
stagnant aesthetic, out of
people who say one thing and
do another and, through this
process, give a nod of
approval to an “ego” that is
adventitious, selfish, and
falsely illustrated, while
they forget that the approach
to art requires poise,
profound knowledge, simplicity
and honesty.
Considering the speed with
which, in the past few years,
legions of artists have
surfaced, the parameter that
is used to measure the art
trade as carried out by
certain people who view their
artistic work as shares in a
unique yet nonetheless
effective stock market, and
whose sole purpose is
financial gain, is an actual
fact and, as far as many are
concerned, lawful in a...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2010
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou,
Athens, Greece
2009
Morfi Gallery, Limassol,
Cyprus
Art Galleri,Alexandroupoli,
Greece
2008
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou,
Athens, Greece
2007
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
Atrion, Heraklio/Crete, Greece
Architecture Studio Zoe
Antoniadi, Athens, Greece
2006
Galerie Christina Karella,
Athens, Greece
Morfi Gallery, Limassol,
Cyprus
Lucia Vassiliadis, ...
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Artist Galleries:
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou,
Athens, Greece
Astrolavos Art Galleries,
Athens & Piraeus, Greece
Efimerides Gallery, Mykonos,
Greece
Gallery Chrysa, Katerini,
Greece
Trigono Gallery,
Kifissia/Athens, Greece
ArtSpace, Santorini, Greece
Minima Gallery, Mykonos,
Greece
Natasa Lavda Galleries,
Athens, Paros, Greece
Art Gallery Athanassia
Peftoulidi, Alexandroupolis,
Greece
Periplanissi Art Space,
Glyfada/Athens, Greece
Morfi ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Collections - Museums:
Athens, Greece, The American
College of Greece Art
Collection
Athens, Greece, Meli&<225;
Residence Giorgio Hotel
Collection
Athens, Greece, Vorre's Museum
Athens, Greece, Camper’s
collection
Barcelona, Spain, Fundaciün
Joan Mirü, Parc de Montjuic
Bremen, Germany, HANSA
Dienstleistungs - und
Vertriebs GmbH
Brussels, Belgium, BP Oil
Europe
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Commissions:
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Vassilis Karakatsanis Biography:
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Vassilis Karakatsanis lives and works in Athens. He has exhibited his work in Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Indonesia and Germany. His thematic choices and his personal artistic vocabulary are informed by his experience and observation of the surrounding world. He organizes his exhibitions by using a theatrical attitude: he transforms the mundane every day objects into structural elements of his work. He uses a clean and rich color palette and vivid contrasts. He creates installations by using elements from the existing three dimensional spaces and by transforming them into art forms. He researches with sensitivity the limits between reality and illusion. |
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Vassilis Karakatsanis
Greece, Athens b.1957 | act: Athens)
1976-85 education:
Athens & Barcelona Graduate Schools of Fine Arts, Painting, Stage Design and Book Art, with scholarships by the IKY, (Greek State Scholarship Foundation) & the Spanish Government.
Centro Europeo of Venice, Maintenance of Architectural Monuments, with scholarship by the European Council, Italy.
1982-10 solo exhibitions in Greece, Italy, Spain, Indonesia, Cyprus & Germany, selected Galleries:
ekfras--yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece | Ástrolavos Art Galleries, Áthens, Greece | Galería Berruete Regoyos, Madrid, Spain | Kreonidis Art Galleries, Athens & Thessaloniki, Greece | Galerie Árgo, Athens, Greece & Nicosia, Cyprus | Galerie Ôrigono, Êifissia-Athens, Greece | Galerie Christina Karella, Athens, Greece | Galerie Ìorfi, Limassol, Cyprus | Zita-Ìi, Thessaloniki, Greece | Cycladian Art Gallery, Syros, Greece | Pantarei Art, Seminyak, Kuta-Bali, Éndonesia | Vicky Dracos Contemporary Art, Áthens, Greece | Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus | Galerie Titanium, Áthens, Greece | European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece | Galleria Fontanella Borghese, Roma, Étaly | Galerie Gisela Bollhagen, Worpswede-Bremen, Germany | Galerie Meissner, Kempinski Atlantic, Hamburg, Germany | Ôï Ôrito Mati, Áthens, Greece | Municipal Gallery, Corfu, Greece | Galerie Artio, Áthens, Greece | Galería Joan Oliver, Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Atrion, Heraklio/Crete, Greece
1982-10 participation in International Exhibitions & Art Fairs, selection:
TAPE, Aarnhem, The Netherlands | Stockholm Art Fair,Stockholm, Sweden | Europ’Art, Geneva, Switzerland | Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria | Art Athina, Athens, Greece | 8th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India | BP Oil Europe, Brussels, Belgium | Sotheby’s, New York, U.S.A | EETE, (Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), Moscow, Russia & Sofia, Bulgaria | Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain | E & C Department, La Vella, Andorra | 8th Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Collections – Museums
Athens, Greece, The American College of Greece Art Collection
Athens, Greece, Meliá Residence Giorgio Hotel Collection
Athens, Greece, Vorre's Museum
Athens, Greece, Camper’s collection
Barcelona, Spain, Fundaciün Joan Mirü, Parc de Montjuic
Bremen, Germany, HANSA Dienstleistungs - und Vertriebs GmbH
Brussels, Belgium, BP Oil Europe
Corfu, Greece, Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu
Frankfurt, Germany, B.Wetzestein Showroom
Hamburg, Germany, Lloyd
Hania, Greece, Orthodox Academy of Crete
Hermoupolis/Syros, Greece, Cycladian Pinacotheque
La Vella, Andorra, E & Cultural Department
Limassol, Cyprus, Metropolite of Limassol
Limassol, Cyprus, Sun Flower Beach Resort
Limassol, Cyprus, Four Seasons Hotel Beach Resort
London, England, U.K., Derek Johns LTD Collection
Madrid, Spain, Colecciün particular de S.M. los Reyes de España
Madrid, Spain, Palacio de Cristal, Retiro
Montevideo, Uruguay, Fundaciün FPPU
Naoussa/Paros, Greece, Astir of Paros Hotel
Nemea, Greece, Skouras Winery
Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle Insurance Collection
Nicosia, Cyprus, Cyprus State Art Gallery
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo 'Es Baluard'
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Colecciün Gruppo Pedro Serra
Rhodes, Greece, Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes – Modern Greek Art Museum
Rome, Italy, Istituto Orientale
Santorini, Greece, Museum J. Chryssos
Soller, Mallorca, Spain, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo “Can Prunera”
Thessaloniki, Greece, Macedonian Centre
Ubud/Bali, Indonesia, Neka Museum
Xanthi, Greece, Prefecture
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