This exhibition covered the work of eleven Greek artists who were influenced by the major events of the 20th century: WWII, the occupation of Greece by the Germans and the famine that ensued; the Civil War that followed the end of the war, and how it divided the nation; finally the seven years of the military dictatorship that brought so much suffering to the Greek people.
In the exhibition we were shown how each artist's work developed and changed as they matured and how some moved on to abstraction. I will cover the work of one artist in each post.
What is very obvious in the works in this exhibition, is Romanou's move away from painting to collage, from abstraction to realism, from the subjective to the politcal. Personally, I prefer her early works which I think are fantastic.
In general, Romanou's work is centred around the themes of critique of consumerism, a political interest in social inequalities and injustice, and the democratisation of art.
Still Life, 1959, (oil on cardboard)
Monotype, 1969, (ink on paper)
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Zodiaque 13, 1965, (collage on canvas)
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