Thursday 19 September 2019

Athens Art Fair, 2019



Art Athina, 2019, in Zappeion.




The area around Zappeion was a devastation zone as they were dismantling the Athens Book Fair which had been going on for the whole weekend.







We decided to go to the Art Fair on the Monday as we thought it would be less busy. We arrived at 12:00 just as they were opening




but the queues at the entrance alerted us to the fact that it would be packed out - and it was.




Zappeion is situated in the National Garden of Athens, and it's an imposing building. Designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen, it was the first building to be erected specifically for the revival of the Olympic Games in the modern world, and was used during the 1896 Summer Olympics as the main fencing hall








So many exhibits... and I have posted only a few.




Yannis Adamakos, Untitled, (oil on canvas)




Yannis Adamakos, Untitled, (oil on canvas)




Yannis Adamakos, Untitled, (oil on canvas)

You can see more of Adamakos' work here




Iosifina Kosma (ceramic)





Iosifina  Kosma (ceramic)





Iosifina Kosma





Gevso Papadaki, The Empty Chair/The Emptiness I Knew




Ioannis Koliopoulos and Paola Palavidi, Oh! My Goodness, (jacquard fabric)





At this point, and in order to access the other exhibition spaces we moved on to the fabulous courtyard




the ceiling








Artemis Potamianou, Manet's Luncheon on the Grass, from the 'On the Origins of Art' series

You can see more of Potamianou's work here





I then popped out to another courtyard




dominated by this palm tree, and then back in to look at more art




Haris Kontosfyris, Island Landscape





Haris Kontosfyris




Costas Tsoclis




looking closer




Aristeides Patsoglou, L'Ecriture (bronze)




Aristeides Patsoglou, Ode to Spring, (bronze)




Aristeides Patsoglou, Daphne, (bronze)



Aristeides Patsoglou, Mother, (bronze)




Trina Langskenkamp, Sunday Morning I




Trina Langskenkamp, Sunday Morning II




Eleutheria Christaki, Home Sweet Home, (oil on canvas)




looking closer




Achileas Pistonis, Good Byes, (oil on canvas)




Giannis Euthymioou, The Destruction of Constantinople, (oil on canvas)




Eleni Kyrkili, Untitled, (mixed media)




Demetris Andreadakis, August, (oil on canvas)




Pasquale Guastamacchia




Pasquale Guastamacchia




Pasquale Guastamacchia



Philipos Photiades, That One, Over There, from the series The Stories of Those Across the Road




looking closer




George Hadoulis, Kiss and Tell, (glazed ceramic)




Giorgos Hadoulis, Calypso Dream, (glazed ceramic)




Vassilis Perros, Interior 2, (oil and engraving on wood)




Vassilis Perros, Interior 5, (oil and engraving on wood and canvas)




Vassilis Perros, Interior 4, (oil and engraving on wood)




Vassilis Perros, Interior 1, (oil and engraving on wood and canvas)




Vassilis Perros, Interior 3, (oil and engraving on wood and canvas)





looking closer




Vassilis Perros, The Neon Era, (oil on canvas)

You can see more of Perros' work here




We left the building, work on dismantling the book fair was still going on, and we headed for home.



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