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Artist Statement:
‘Urban Behaviours’ > ‘Įóō韯ņ
ÓõģšåńéöļńŻņ’
‘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 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:
Coming Soon!
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Galleries for Vassilis Karakatsanis:
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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, Greece
T: +30-2106231116
Email:gtrigono@otenet.gr
ArtSpace, Santorini, Greece
T: +30-2286032774
Email: info@artspace-santorini.com
Minima Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
T: +30-2289023236
Natasa Lavda Galleries, Athens, Paros, Olympia, Patra, Greece
T: +30-2107290177, +30-6974028779
Email: info@natasalavda.gr
Art Gallery Athanassia Peftoulidi, Alexandroupolis, Greece
T. +30-2551081220
Periplanissi Art Space, Glyfada/Athens, Greece
T. +30-2108981682
Email: info@periplanisi.com
Aenaon Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
T. +30-2106711264
Email: aenart@otenet.gr
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
T: +357-25378733
Email:morfi@morfi.org
Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
T: +357-22754009
Email:info@argogallery.org
Galleri Abante, Stockholm, Sweden
T: +46-08-7140305
Email:galleriabante@hotmail.com
Artphilü Gallery, London, UK
T: +44-1992766909
Email:info@artphilogallery.com
Galeria Joan Oliver, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
T.: +34-971-721342
Email: maneuart@maneuart.com
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