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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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Vassilis Karakatsanis
Greece, Athens b.1957 | act: Athens)
1976-85 education:
Athens & Barcelona Graduate Schools of Fine Arts, Painting, Stage Design and Book Art, with scholarships by the IKY, (Greek State Scholarship Foundation) & the Spanish Government.
Centro Europeo of Venice, Maintenance of Architectural Monuments, with scholarship by the European Council, Italy.
1982-07 solo exhibitions in Greece, Italy, Spain, Indonesia, Cyprus & Germany, selected Galleries:
ekfras--yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece | Tsatsis Projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki, Greece | Ástrolavos Art Galleries, Áthens, Greece | Galería Berruete Regoyos, Madrid, Spain | Kreonidis Art Galleries, Athens & Thessaloniki, Greece | Galerie Árgo, Athens, Greece & Nicosia, Cyprus | Galerie Ôrigono, Ęifissia-Athens, Greece | Galerie Christina Karella, Athens, Greece | Galerie Ěorfi, Limassol, Cyprus | Zita-Ěi, Thessaloniki, Greece | Cycladian Art Gallery, Syros, Greece | Pantarei Art, Seminyak, Kuta-Bali, Éndonesia | Vicky Dracos Contemporary Art, Áthens, Greece | Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus | Galerie Titanium, Áthens, Greece | European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece | Galleria Fontanella Borghese, Roma, Étaly | Galerie Gisela Bollhagen, Worpswede-Bremen, Germany | Galerie Meissner, Kempinski Atlantic, Hamburg, Germany | Ôď Ôrito Mati, Áthens, Greece | Municipal Gallery, Corfu, Greece | Galerie Artio, Áthens, Greece | Galería Joan Oliver, Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Atrion, Heraklio/Crete, Greece
1982-07 participation in International Exhibitions & Art Fairs, selection:
Stockholm Art Fair, Konstmässan 07, Stockholm, Sweden | Europ’Art 07, Geneva, Switzerland | Art Innsbruck 07, Innsbruck, Austria | Art Athina 04, Athens, Greece | Art Athina 03, Athens, Greece | Art Athina 99, Athens, Greece | 8th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India | BP Oil Europe, Brussels, Belgium | Sotheby’s, New York, U.S.A | EETE, (Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), Moscow, Russia & Sofia, Bulgaria | Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain | E & C Department, La Vella, Andorra | 8th Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
Collections – Museums
• Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes, 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, La Vella, Andorra
• Lloyd, Hamburg, Germany
• Istituto Orientale, Rome, Italy
• BP Oil Europe, Brussels, Belgium
• Cyprus State Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Macedonian Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece
• B.Wetzestein Showroom, Frankfurt, Germany
• Astir of Paros Hotel, Naoussa /Paros, Greece
• Cycladian Pinacotheque, Hermoupolis/Syros, Greece
• Colecciün Gruppo Pedro Serra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Vorre's Museum, Athens, Greece
• Four Seasons Hotel Beach Resort, Limassol, Cyprus
• Neka Museum, Ubud/Bali, Indonesia
• Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo 'Es Baluard', Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Colecciün particular de S.M. los Reyes de España, Madrid, Spain
• Derek Johns LTD Collection, London, England, U.K.
• Museum J. Chryssos, Santorini, Greece
• Metropolite of Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus
• Middle Insurance Collection, Nicosia, Cyprus
• Camper’s collection, Athens, Greece
• Sun Flower Beach Resort, Limassol, Cyprus
• Prefecture, Xanthi, Greece
• Skouras Winery, Nemea, Greece
• The American College of Greece Art Collection, Athens, Greece
• Residence Georgio Hotel Collection, Athens, Greece |
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