CHEAPART has grated us the indispensable Pavlov's Reflex in regards to Art, a genuine inheritance that can never perish. CHEAPART 2022 | Desire for Art opens from 11 – 23 December refreshed, empowered, in a new location. 91+ artists, creators, curators - 10 days of art – artworks and projects, performances, screenings, talks and presentations spread over 5 floors and 1000 sqm. of exhibition space within the emblematic 1920’s building on 2 Rethymnou & Vasileos Irakleiou street, next to the National Archeological Museum, with the support of Zoia.

The Athenian public will be welcomed with new entities of artwork by artists, Stefanos Alafouzos, Christos Alatsakis, Dorothy Amenta, Anmslynx, Sotirios Antoniadis, Sophia Argyrou / Maria Gyftopoulou, Anthia Mega Chavre, Papamali Christiana, Aggeliki Chrysou, Phaedra Crespi, Eleni Dimopoulou, Elizabeth Dionyssopoulou, Nikolas Dorizas, Makis Fioros, Georgios Fytas, Evie Kaplani, Nicholas Karathanasis, Eleni Kastrinogianni, Stella Kechagioglou, Dimitris Kiriakos, Nina Kotamanidou, Giannis Koutroulis, Ioulia Ladogianni, Elli Lampadaridou, Lars* Kollros / Mudesto F. / Carrot Root, Tasos Liakopoulos, Myrto Liostou, Ioulia Makri, Ntia Manesi, Erietta Markadonatou, Valentini Mavrodoglou, Helen Mesadou, Vasiliki Nikolaidi, Marcello Nyktas, Despoina Pantazi, Eleni Papadopoulou, Jenny Petropoulou, Leftheris Plakidas, Ioannis Polyzos, Alexandra Sarah, Tania Siopi, Vassiliki Sofra, Giuseppe Tiberini, Eleni Tsimidou, Eleni Tsoni, Monika Maria Vamvoura, Anastasia Voutsa, Konstans Zafeiri, Maria Zygomala.

CHEAPART creates opportunity for organizations to share their creative vision with the public, and curators to discuss their future plans and agenda.

Aias Christofis curates the participation of artists James C. Lane, Georgia Pilali and Marina Stavrou, Antigoni Kapsali curates the participation of artists Alexandra Dalaka, Demetra Exarchou, Sofia Kyriakou, Athanasia Papatzelou, Theodora Tsiatsiou and Vivi Tsiogka, Pow Wow Art Space curates the participation of Valbona Çanaku, Vasiliki Pantazi, Eleutheria Rapanaki, Mima Razelou, Eirini Roumpi, Mary Roussioti, Socratis Sandman Sapounas and Grigoria Vryttia, and Dimitris Athanitis curates photographers, Toula Akrivou and Karol Jarek.

 

A special tribute to 10 CHEAPART personalities from 1995 until today, who have been part of the recent exhibitions, Nikos Artemis, Eirini Diadou, Elio Samaras, Nikos Giavropoulos, Babis Karalis, Christos Kehagioglou, Nikos Kryonidis, Fiona Mouzakitis, Natassa Poulantza, Andreas Voussouras and Yorgos Lintzeris present their current work and the course of their development since their early presentations at CHEAPART.

The auditorium and various locations within the building host a creative hub for performances, discussions, presentations and screenings by artists, curators, culture and arts professionals, writers and the public, with Filippos Tsitsopoulos, George-Icaros Babassakis, Nikos Giavropoulos, Dimitris Athanitis, Lars* Kollros, Alexandros Atlidakis (Underathens), Stratos Sterianos, and more.

On the ground floor there will be a bar for participants and the public by Lambros Lambropoulos Suzie Q Bar.

Curatorial presentations:

“Oneirogony” Text-Curated by: Aias Christofis

Artists: James C. Lane, Georgia Pilali, Marina Stavrou

The dispersing condition of the industrial metropolis completely transfigures the inner constitution of human existence. Psychological reactions do not arise organically, through the element of emotion, but rather technically, through intellection, whilst human relationships inevitably transform from sentimental to mechanical. However, despite the technological monotony of metropolitan life, fundamental human functions do not disappear, but instead, are rapidly metamorphosed, like a dream.

The monochromatic works of James C. Lane, Georgia Pilali and Marina Stavrou visually interpret the various aspects of an oneiric state within a contemporary, urban environment, while the protean dream changes continuously, at times, into an expressionistic delirium of Kafkaesque tones, where repressed urges, remorses and traumas, are roughly poured into uncanny figures, or at other times, into various secret loci of a brutalist alienation, and finally, into a mythical daydream, where unconscious traces of memory resurface through the murky tides of a divided consciousness.

“MEDEA SHOOTING”

Curated by: Dimitris Athanitis

Artists: Toula Akrivou, Karol Jarek

The photographic presentation of Karol Jarek and Toula Akrivou reaches beyond an expected shooting coverage, the two photographers "capture" invisible aspects of people and places or even reinvent situations, in the same way Dimitris Athanitis's film "MEDEA" reinvents Euripides' masterpiece.

“Rituals”

Curated by: Antigoni Kapsali

Artists: Alexandra Dalaka, Demetra Exarchou, Sofia Kyriakou, Athanasia Papatzelou, Theodora Tsiatsiou, Vivi Tsiogka.

"Rituals", 6 entities by 6 artists whose work is characterized by different artistic styles such as cut outs, visual ceramics, sketches, textile art and photorealistic painting. Despite their diversity, they connect through reflecting via conceptual thought. The artists approach the concept of ritual imaginatively, through the perspective of documentation, as a ritual of worship and a set of behaviors and images that constitute everyday life.

Pow Wow Art Space

Artists: Valbona Çanaku, Vasiliki Pantazi, Eleutheria Rapanaki, Mima Razelou, Eirini Roumpi, Mary Roussioti, Socratis Sandman Sapounas, Grigoria Vryttia

The artists of Pow Wow Art Space present a series of artworks that focus on social issues that have concerned Pow Wow since its formation in 2018.

Special tribute to 11 CHEAPART personalities from 1995 until today:

Nikos Artemis, Eirini Diadou, Elio Samaras, Nikos Giavropoulos, Babis Karalis, Christos Kehagioglou, Nikos Kryonidis, Fiona Mouzakitis, Natassa Poulantza, Andreas Voussouras and Yorgos Lintzeris

The video installation "Victory" by Nikos Giavropoulos is a commentary on the sufferings of war. The work is part of the trilogy of his solo exhibition "Peace in the years of war - a reversal of terms" curated Konstantinos Basios and showcased at CHEAPART Gallery in May 2022. "Peace is a period during which war is absent, but in reality, such a period has never existed in the history of mankind." with this comment the artist questions whether culture can overpower savagery and the most aggressive instincts.

Nikos Artemis presents his audiovisual installation entitled "V" as part of Opera di Bestia, a project by the artist that combines visual arts and electronic music.

Andreas Vousouras creates an in-situ installation entitled "FALL", preserving the English word untranslated as it refers to both autumn and fall (descend-decline). He uses materials and elements of the surrounding space together with selected objects from his workshop. The artwork is a personal commentary on the decline of Europe and the war, adding yet another dystopian dimension to the overall situation.

Irini Diadou's "landscapes from screens" started during the Covid19 quarantine, when there was ample time and tranquility. These are landscapes inspired or "borrowed" from photos on social media (Facebook, Instagram), from Nordic Noir series on streaming services or just from the TV. The majority of the works was created on unstretched canvases, which offer more freedom for experimentation and less limitations. Naturally the works embody the feeling of futility and melancholy triggered by the fear and insecurity of not knowing if and when solutions would be given to the global pandemic.

The installation of Babis Karalis consists of two burnt sarcophagi and a smaller one, as a direct reference to the memory of his warrior grandfather. Key features of the installation are the verbal and acoustic elements and writing, means by which the warrior's stories - and personal experiences of M. Karalis – are communicated to the public.

Natassa Poulantza presents a selection of artwork from THEN and NOW

«All the dreams together», a selection of artworks by Christos Kehagioglou developed in the last years, with reference to the poems of Sotiris Kakisis

Nikos Kryonidis presents a set of small and large works under the title "Zooting". In regard to the animals, their color and shape, he creates non-joining painting and sculptural compositions, pencil drawings on paper and acrylic paints on canvas, wall-mounted small sculptures on white surfaces.

George Lintzeris creates an installation consisting of 4 sculptures - metal houses framed by 40 engravings with the same theme. The house-residence-home, is the main concept of his work through which he comments on shelter and protection, and social isolation and confinement caused by the pandemic.

“Circe’s Garden” by Fiona Mouzakitis is a series of 14 digital artworks and their animated versions.

Circe’s garden, beautiful and magical, like the world surrounding us. The artworks are symbolical and allude to the beauty and mystery of nature. The unexpected can happen anytime and we are far from knowing all of nature’s powers and mysteries. It is a reminder of our duty to preserve our environment, otherwise it will transform into another world, as a punishment for ignoring all warning signs, like Circes magic. The artworks also allude to the struggle between the female and male existence.

Elio Samaras' installation consists of various constructions that combine two contradictory materials, iron and charcoal. In this way he specifies the coexistence of unrelated elements and substances. Fragile - resistant, organic - industrial, light - heavy. Most of the contrasts of each material are expressed during the sketch development, the stage in which roles are reversed - iron takes on an organic form while charcoal takes on more geometric forms.

Event Program

Wednesday and Thursday, December 14 and 15

Alexandros Atlidakis, Underathens, Music performances

Friday, December 16

Filippos Tsitsopoulos “Time is an onslaught", performance- duration: 30 min.

Friday, December 16, 20:00

Nikos Giavropoulos, "Six Recollections"

The artist's retrospective with 6 video works from 1999 until today, presentation and screening.

Saturday, December 17, 20:00

George-Icaros Babassakis, radio performance, duration 33 min. 33 sec.

Philippos Tsitsopoulos prepares eggs and bacon for Kostas Tsolis, Chloe and Efrosyne paint the Alamut Fort with watercolors, William Burroughs smiles from the Warehouses in the Sky, and Icaros reads them stories of Love and Philokalia (Beauty).

Wednesday, December 21, 18:00 – 21:00

Dimitris Athanitis "No Sympathy for The Devil”

Screening (Best performance, Thessaloniki International Festival: Lena Kitsopoulou).

Direction, Senario, Production: Dimitris Athanitis

Lars* Kollros «Festival der Demokratie // Festival of Democracy»

Screening of Documentary, duration 78 min. 

Lars* Kollros and Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva accompanied two weeks of protests with their cameras, when the leaders of the EU and the 19 most developed and emerging economies of the world met at Hamburg/Germany on July 7 & 8 of 2017.

Director: Lars* Kollros, Artistic Consulting: Sascha Alexandra Zaitseva.

Stratos Sterianos, Thekla Gaiti, «Those who search for the sea», performance

CHEAPART 2022 | Desire for Art participates in Gallery Walk from December 15 – 16, organized by Athens Culture Net of the City of Athens and the Hellenic Art Galleries Association PSAT.

CHEAPART 2022 | Desire for Art

Curated, coordinated by:
Georg Georgakopoulos
Fotini Kapiris

Artist’s coordinator: Anna Androulaki

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