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Artist Statement:
‘Urban Behaviours’ > ‘ÁóôéęÝň ÓőěđĺńéöďńÝň’
‘Comportamientos Urbanos’ 2007/2008
Catalogue 2/2008 ATHENS
Behaviours are defined and formed within the time they occur as well as the cultural, political and “arbitrary” conjunctures of our developing civilization. Accepted or not, depending on the longitude and latitude they appear, the material of their clothing, the accent of the protagonists or the social codes, they never fail to reflect the individuals and define class, roles, values and missions, ethical or unethical, in our virtually “Roman” society.
Karakatsanis approaches this reality in an unadorned, straightforward and caustic manner. Vanity, carnalism and mixing of values reflect in the eyes and the bodies of the assembled people who constitute the body of his work whereas the repeated presence of the chair refers to the urban environment.
His subject matter is realization, deadlock and hypocrisy, with which, without any trace of intellectualism, he expresses his anguish using very few materials. He does not suggest a solution, yet he demonstrates a mirror in which we can all see our real self or our innermost fantasies, if we so wish.
The middle class, particularly that of the western world, has led people’s perspective towards a comfortable life, aesthetically more decent and...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Tsatsis Projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece
2007
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
Atrion, Heraklio/Crete, Greece
Architecture Studio Zoe Antoniadi, Athens, Greece
2006
Galerie Christina Karella, Athens, Greece
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Lucia Vassiliadis, Patmos, Greece
Trigono Gallery, Kifissia/...
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Artist Galleries:
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece
T: +30-210 3607598
info@ekfrasi-art.gr
Astrolavos Art Galleries, Athens & Piraeus, Greece
T: +30-2107221200, 4
Email:gallery@astrolavos.gr
Galerie Zita-Mi, Thessaloniki, Greece
T: +30-2310270636
Gallery Chrysa, Katerini, Greece
T: +30-2351073252
Email: info@gallerychrysa.gr
Trigono Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, ...
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Artist Reviews:
Reviews - Critics – Bibliography - Catalogues (s.e) Solo Exhibitions (g.e) Group Exhibitions
• mag. ECHOS & Hi Fi, Athens, 11/81
• catalogue g.e- 8th Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las
Bellas Artes, Madrid, 82
• N.Grigorakis, ‘V. Karakatsanis’, mag. Ikastika (43-45),
Athens, 85
• cataloque s.e- ‘Aragün 249’ Kifissia,...
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Collections:
Collections - Museums
• Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes – Museum of Modern Greek Art, Rhodes, Greece
• Orthodox Academy of Crete, Hania, Greece
• Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu, Corfu, Greece
• Fundaciün FPPU, Montevideo, Uruguay
• Fundaciün Joan Mirü, Parc de Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
• Palacio de Cristal, Retiro, Madrid, Spain
• E & Cultural Department...
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Commissions:
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