LA GALERIE MUNICIPALE DE PAXOS À LOGGOS (GRÈCE) PRÉSENTE UNE EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE AVEC 18 ARTISTES SUR LE THÈME DE L'OLIVIER:
INAUGURATION LE 8 AOÛT 2015 DE 19H30 À 23H30
EXPOSITION DU 8 AU 30 AOÛT 2015
Dear friends,
We would be delighted to see you at the private view of the new summer art exhibition Ελιά ! at the Municipal Art Gallery of Paxos in Loggos on Saturday 8 Αugust from 7.30 to 11.30 pm.
18 Greek and international artists are featured in Ελιά ! , among those Angelos Pannayiotidis ( Άγγελος Παναγιωτίδης ), creator of the official olive branch for the Athens Olympic Games of 2004 will be exhibiting and attending the opening.
The exhibition has been curated by Chris Boicos Fine Arts and Corfu Gallery with the kind support of the municipality of Paxos.
Ελιά ! Art Exhibition from 8 to 30 August, open daily 8 to 11 pm.
Piano recital:
The young musician John Sebastian Motorinos from Corfu, graduate of the musical department of the Ionian University will be playing for us for the duration of the private view.
A summer show in at the Paxos Municipal Gallery of
Loggos from 8 to 30 August 2015.
Curated by Chris Boïcos of Chris
Boïcos Fine Arts, Paris – Paxos, and Leonidas Yiohalas of Corfu Gallery, Corfu , Greece .
There are an estimated 300,000 olives trees on Paxos
today, many of which were first introduced by the Venetians in the sixteenth
century, when Corfu and Paxos became the main olive oil producers for the republic of Venice .
The history and tradition of olive cultivation in
Paxos and Corfu has inspired the forthcoming
summer exhibition. Eighteen contemporary Greek and international artists
celebrate the olive and the olive tree, as one of the oldest icons of the
Ionian islands, Greece and the Mediterranean world in general.
All artists have been asked to handle the subject of
the olive, each in their own style and specific technique (painting, printmaking,
photography, ceramic, bronze). The result is a rich, multifaceted show
showcasing the olive from every angle in a manner that is serious or light,
witty or irreverent.
DANIEL OGIER PRÉSENTE
DEUX ACRYLIQUES SUR TOILES:
Athéna coquine.
Acrylique sur toile 50 x 61 cm.
21-5-15
Détail 1
Poseidon Boudeur.
Acrylique sur toile 50 x 61 cm.
10-5-15
détail 2
The Venue: Paxos Municipal Gallery at the
Old Schoolhouse in Loggos
The Loggos schoolhouse, like the other five original
schoolhouses of Paxos, was built in 1904-08 in the neoclassical style typical of most
early 20th century Greek buildings, both private and institutional. The great
number of school houses for such a small island is due to the fact that the
then minister of education of Greece
was the Paxiot Theodoros Vellianitis, from one of the oldest families of the
island.
The building of a modern central school in Paxos in
the 1980’s rendered the old schoolhouses redundant. The Loggos and the Lakka
schoolhouses have since been used for cultural events, serving as art
exhibition spaces and also as venues for the Paxos classical music festival
inaugurated in 1985. The first art exhibition held at Loggos, “Landscapes & Myths II” was organized by Chris Boïcos Fine Arts in the summer of 2014. The
second exhibition, “Printmaking:
Techniques & Styles”
was held along with a printmaking workshop by Paris
artist Emmanuelle Mellot in July 2015.
The schoolhouse faces the port of Loggos
and is the most prominent building on the seafront along with the ruined old
soap factory next door. A spacious yard occupies the rear of the building. The
lofty and harmonious proportions of the interior, beautifully illuminated by
ten tall, narrow windows, make it an ideal venue for the presentation of
pictures and sculpture.
ARTISTES PARTICIPANTS:
Jean-Christophe Ballot (France)
Ronald Bowen (USA)
Susan Creig (England)
David Loeb (USA)
Stathis Koukopoulus (Grèce)
Emmanuelle Mellot (France)
Dimitris Miliotis (Grèce)
Daniel Ogier (France)
Angelos Panayiotidis (Grèce)
Georges Pennas (Grèce)
Jorge Rodríguez de Rivera (Spain)
Gabriel Stauffer (France)
Petros Stravoravdis (Grèce)
Vivian Van Blerk (South Africa)
Mayka
Natalia Aikaterini Kerkyra
Pavlos Habidis ( Grèce)
The
Curators:
Chris
Boïcos
Chris
Boicos is the
founder
and
director
of
Chris Boïcos Fine Arts, an
art
gallery based
in
Paxos, Greece
and
in Paris,
France.
He is
the
former
director
of
the
Paris
art
gallery,
Galerie
Beckel
Odille
Boïcos
(1999‐2013).
He
is
of
French
and
Greek
origin.
He
has
curated
numerous
contemporary
art
exhibitions
since
1994
in
art
galleries,
art
fairs
and
also
public
venues
in
France,
Great
Britain,
Greece
and
the
USA.
He frequently collaborates with Jennifer Norback. He
is
also
a
professor
of
the
History
of
Art
in
the
Paris
departments
of
the
universities
of
California,
the
University
of
Southern
California,
the
University
of
Wisconsin
and
the
University
of
Delaware.
Chris is also the principal lecturer at Paris Art Studies in Paris.
Leonidas Yiohalas
Leonidas Yiohalas is the founder and director of Corfu Gallery.
Corfu Gallery was inaugurated in 2011. It is located under the arcades of Nikiforou Theotoki street ,
one of the most picturesque streets of the old town of Corfu . Corfu Gallery shows works by established
Greek artists, while also providing a platform for young talents. It is by far
the most innovative private fine art gallery in Corfu .