Modern Greek Art - Myths and People

Modern Greek Art: Myths and People -  the Bank of Greece Art Collection at the Theocharakis Museum, Athens.

The Bank of Greece art collection spans almost 100 years. The exhibition is organised in three secions, 'Places and Spaces', 'Myths and People' and 'The Dynamics of Ellipsis'.

Myths and People:

Myths 'explain' phenomena and facts, from one generation to another, presenting us with interpretations that are older than written history and scientific knowledge. In this regard, the second section of the exhibition explores the human urge to create myths and the subsequent, modern everydayness that arises. 

Pavlos Samios, Rest, 2009, (acrylic on canvas)

Giorgios Iakovidis, In the Father's Atelier, 1884, (oil on canvas)

Giorgos Rorris, The Visit, 2014, (oil on canvas)

Stefanos Daskalakis, Untitled, 2021, (oil on canvas)

Yannis Tsarouchis, (oil on canvas)

Yannis Tsarouchis, Portrait of Young Frenchman from Besancon, 1976, (oil on canvas)

Tassos Mantzavinos, Scribe, 2021, (acrylic on canvas)

Dimitris Alithinos, Points in Time, 1981, (mixed media)

looking closer

Nikolaos Gyzis, Eros and Centaur, 1896-98, (oil on canvas)

Nikolaos Gyzis, Harmony, 1893, (chalk and charcoal on paper)

Vasso Katraki, Horseman, 1964-66, stonecut (entraving on sandstone)

Alexandra Athanassiades, Horse in Blue, 2005-2017, (mixed media)

Giorgos Lazongas, Palimpsest Holocaust, 1992, (mixed media)

Nina Papaconstantinou, Aristophanes, The Clouds, 2011, (carbon ink on paper)

Nina Papaconstantinou, Homer's Iliad, (rhapsody x), 2019,  (pattern on carbon paper)

Yannis Psychopedis, From the Sensual Elpenor series, 2010, (acrylic and watercolour on paper)

Yannis Psychopedis, From the Sensual Elpenor series, 2010, (acrylic and watercolour on paper)

Vana Xenou, Pythia, 2022, (watercolour on paper)

Vana Xenou, Vakhis, 2022, (watercolour on paper)