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Art-Athina, one of the longest-lasting contemporary art fairs in
Europe. is the largest annual visual arts event in Greece. This year the
fair welcomes more than 800 artists from four continents, and presents a
varied parallel programme composed of talks, round tables, presentations,
exhibitions and interactive activities with the presence of numerous
institutions and museums.
For more information about the participating galleries in Art-Athina
2013, please see the complete exhibitors list of the 18th edition of
Art-Athina here.
A rich parallel programme has been prepared in collaboration with
acclaimed curators, art galleries and artists from Greece and abroad.
Marina Fokidis curates the Open Form project, an
open-structure exhibition. Internationally established galleries will
participate with one piece or a series of artworks of distinguished
artists. The artists list proudly includes names like Yael
Bartana (Sommer Contemporary Art), Steven Claydon (Sadie Coles
HQ), Ra di Martino (Monitor), Nooshin Farhid (The
agency), James Franco (Peres Projects), Jeremy Deller (Art:
Concept), Adrian Paci (Peter Kilchmann), Roman Signer
(Art :Concept), Prem Sahib (Galleria Lorcan O Neil
Roma), Yehudit Sasportas (Sommer Contemporary Art),
Marinella Senatore (Peres Projects), Nedko Solakov
(Arndt), Juergen Teller (Lehmann Maupin), and Guido van
der Werve (Monitor). Open Form exhibition will be providing a view on
contemporary art and production, and together one more opportunity for
visitors to get a close and direct experience of contemporaneity. It
will be a platform for international exchange of contemporary art and
practice.
For the Symposia Project, Marina Fokidis has invited
renowned international art personalities to present and discuss curatorial
methodologies and challenges. Chiara Bertola will
“negotiate” the idea of being a curator, Kimberly Bradley
will coordinate most of the talks, Florence Derieux will
present "The Battle for Art, Wine and Love," while Galit Eilat
will analyze the concept of curating in a conflict zone. From his side
Juan A. Gaitán will present the Berlin Biennial 2014 while
Jens Maier-Rothe’s will explain why "Institutions don’t
cry." Ricardo Nicolau will stress the concept of curating in an era
of ideological cuts, Filipa Ramos will talk about curatorial
practices, Alya Sebti about artistic exchanges and local audiences
in a biennial’s context and Marieke van Hal will highlight the
concept of the Biennial as an institution. Kaelen
Wilson-Goldie’s presentation is titled "Adjectives Fibbing Before
Desires" while Adnan Yildiz will focus on the notion of audience and
curatorial practices.
For full details about the Symposia programme, please see here.
Artemis Potamianou curates and presents the Platform project
@ Art-Athina. The objective of the project is to map artistic action as
it is produced in the context of collective initiatives by artists who
decide to join forces in seeking answers to artistic questions. Platform
Project will present 46 platforms, from 17 countries with more than 500
artists.
The long list includes 1646, AAR, platform for critical
artistic research, Action Field Kodra Contemporary artists’ database,
Athens/Urgent DEREE –SFPA, Binary Art Group, DaDa Da Academy, Daily
Lazy Projects, Duplex100m2, ΕΜΕΙΣ 33 - ARTIA
GALLERY, Filopappou Group, Grimmuseum, Hollow Airport Museum, Hydra School
Projects, INDOORS PLUS, Kalos&Klio (artist collaborative duo),
KangarooCourt, La Galerie du Nouvel Ontario, LO AND BEHOLD,
LUBOMIROV-EASTON, MANTOVA EYES, Margaris Foundation/les yper yper,
Microwesten, Milkshake Agency, Museum of Forgetting, OFIS & Perimeter,
Openshowstudio, Orizontas Gegonoton, OUT OF THE BOX INTERMEDIA, Parabola
& WAYWO, Provo Principles, Rajataide association/Gallery Rajatila,
Salon de Vortex, En Flo, SKOUZE3, Stacion – Center for Contemporary
Art Prishtina, State of Concept, Stigma Lab, STUDIOvisits, The Blue Oyster
Art Project Space, The Grey Cub Platform, The I-Node of the Planetary
Collegium, The
M{ }esum, Thessaloniki International Biennale of
Architecture, and Transient Projects To People.
For full details about the Platforms that participate in Art-Athina
2013, please see here.
Artemis Potamianou also curates the Art-Athina
Contemporaries: Paradise Lost
exhibition. The curator stresses the main inspiration for the
exhibition came from Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, an
allegory that can be interpreted as an existential journey. The
exhibition features a labyrinth made of cheap materials associated with the
urban landscape, with the concept of "transition" and "moving" and with all
the negative connotations of an economic downturn. In this maze viewers are
called upon to experience a journey that is meant to take them from hell to
purgatory and heaven. Along this journey the works guide and complement one
another. It is an action-exhibition that showcases the contemporary
artistic activity as it is produced and presented today. The artists in the
exhibition come from the exhibiting galleries.
For full details about this year’s programme and media kit please
visit www.art-athina.gr.
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