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The Oscillating Girl
athina´s view on visual artist Georgia Fambris and her painting “The Oscillating Girl” at the exhibition “All I miss. Since forever”
ON THE ISLAND OF HYDRA WITH DMITRY KUZNICHENKO
On the island of Hydra Ukrainian painter Dmitry Kuznichenko reveals the beauty and style of Ukrainian art in Australia where he works and lives.
An evening walk in the garden of the Byzantine Museum in Athens, Greece for the latest exhibition of the Chamber of Fine Arts sculptors work.
View from the gallery
During Fall Wilhelmshöhe Palace museum in Kassel provides an amazing view of art and nature.
Α Mickey Mouse, a Radio and a Clock
Imagination in design can transform everyday objects into art.
Jakob Laub: The 7 works Of Mercy
Completed in 1994 the small octagonal chapel of “Merciful Jesus” in Elsen, a district of Paderborn in North- Rhine Westphalia, hides a series of frescoes depicting the seven acts of mercy by painter and film maker Jakob Laub.
Günter Ludwig: Could transhuman angels guide us out of the eternal human trauma?
In his current catalog, Günter Ludwig penetrates the current era of transhumanism. He affirms the need for human enhancements resulting from science and technology to overcome physical and mental limitations, but also sets limits.
Sculpting life and myth
Ninety-four sculptors join their voices under the support of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece to present their work.
Andreas Lolis: Behind the theater
With a light jacket, a camera, and a monthly bus ticket, I started my journey to economically deprived West Attica. Destination, the town of Elefsina. I had to see the latest solo project of sculptor Andreas Lolis “Behind the theater,” in the open space of the Old Oil Mill.
GÜNTER LUDWIG: LOVE IS UNDER THE SKIN
During 2002-2004, German graphic artist Günter Ludwig created a series of nude drawings which inspired poet, Sarah Ines.
Between the Aegean light and sea
Fascinated by the unique light of the Aegean sky and sun reflecting on the sea in summer Chara Sidery specializes in abstract marine paintings.
Welding: A Dive Into the Unconscious.
The interview took place in 2022. I learned about the work of Jael Hoffmann through my friend German artist Günter Ludwig and their cooperation, which resulted in the publication of a booklet titled “JAEL arabesque dans le desert.” The interview is a fascinating journey to Los Angeles and the California Deserts where she lives and creates her sculptures.
Burial Marks
In 2018 Greek-Canadian sculptor Vasilis Vasili began working on a series of sculptures called “Burial Marks” to underline how art can condemn the stone as material by connecting it to the human soul.
Letters From Kharkiv
“It probably would have been an overstatement to proclaim that the artist Dmitry that worked and created before the beginning of this war, no longer exists. But that’s the way it feels. With all that tragedy happening in my Ukraina, the artist should have stepped up and created something so heartbreaking and vocal. But I didn’t. My mind and my soul fly all the time back to my Kharkiv.”
The Calmness of Metal
Greek metal sculptor Stelios Panagiotopoulos talks about his early days as a sculptor, reveals his love for metal and the sources of his inspiration.
Vasilis Vasili: His first sculpture symposium for 2023
I called Greek sculptor Vasilis Vasili during a break from his sculpting in the famous Ambaji marble quarry in India, located in Gujarat state. It was January 2023.
Hellada Stasinoglou: I am human, not trash
Hellada Stasinoglou is a sixteen year old girl that came to Greece in 2020. With her animation skills she describes the problems refugee children face as well as the latest political and social changes in Greece.
Michail Parlamas: Reconnecting with my inner child
Michail Parlamas takes us back to his early period in the School of Fine Arts in Thessaloniki till today. He reveals how his experiences reconnected him with his inner child and set the bases for his latest work, “Selfish”.
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