The group exhibition, which is entering its second month of organization with great success, brings together 45 of the most important contemporary artists who express themselves through (and with) ceramic art. Echoing the new artistic movement around ceramics, the exhibition, curated by Faye Tzanetoulakou and Dimitris Sarafianos, emphasizes the emergence of new artistic trends, innovative ways of expression through clay and primary materials, as well as the contemporary issues currently being negotiated by creative artists. The starting point is the Greek ceramist and educator Mary Hadjinikoli, who dedicated herself to ceramic art, not as a commercial product but as a vehicle for artistic experimentation, self-knowledge and collective quest.

In the context of the exhibition Cthonio Fos, the hospitable space of the Lofos art project in Kypseli becomes the platform for expression, dialogue, reflections and proposals on ceramic art and not only. In particular, the following events take place in December:

–Saturday, December 7, at 19:30: “Ceramics and philosophy: transmutation, fragility and the epistemological intersection of the kiln”, with speakers: George Fourtounis, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Political Science and History of Panteion University, Thomas Simeonidis, Lecturer of Aesthetics and Philosophy at ASFA and Dorette Panagiotopoulou, Visiting Lecturer at the MSc Architecture-Spatial Design of the School of Architecture of NTUA.

–Sunday, December 8, at 19:30: “Odyssey: The journey of ceramics through space and time. From the artisanal to the artistic and from ancient Greece to the present day. The search for the utilitarian and the search for the beautiful”.

–Thursday, December 12, at 19:30: “The institutional devaluation of ceramics: EOMMEX, Clay Factory, KERAMAR and ceramic education”, with speakers: Takis Tsapogas, Chemical Engineer, former Director of the Clay Factory, Voula Gounela, Visual Ceramist, Vera Siaterli, Visual Ceramist.

There will also be two book presentations:

-On Thursday, December 5 at 19.30, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Metapolitefsi and on the occasion of the presentation of the book by Vassilis Liosis “Half a Century of the Metapolitefsi”, an event will be held on the topic “Metapolitefsi and the Left: Its role, its transformations and its influence on youth in the period 1974-2024)” and speakers are Vassilis Liosi, Yannis Mavris, Nadia Valavanis, Dimitris Sarafianos and moderated by Dimitris Maniatis.

–Wednesday, December 18 at 19:30, on the occasion of Katerina Giouleka’s poetry collection “Flaneur in her illusion” (Thines Publications), a discussion will take place on how the visual artwork influences the poetic discourse and how poetry inspires the visual artwork.

…and on Friday, December 20 we celebrate together one year of the Hill art project in a surprise evening!

With the participation of the artists: Yorgos Alexandridis, Matina Anastasiou, Dimitrios Antonitsis, Yorgos Vavatsis, Filippos Vasiliou, Pilar Mayorga Barrientos, Maria Vlanti, Voula Gounela, Grigoria Vryttia, Chatalambos Daradimos, Stathis Dimitriades, Mache Dimopoulou, Zina Diakomi, Loukia Thomopoulou, Marion Inglessi, Stella Kapezanou, Marigo Kassi, Katerina Katsifaraki, Thanos Kyriakides, Konstantinos Ladianos, Nikos Liaskas, Angeliki Loi, Kyriaki Mavrogeorgi, Maru Meleniou, Christina Morali, Yorgos Oybak, Kostas Panopoulos, Angeliki Papadopoulou, Eleftheria Papadouraki, Sofia Petsa Poutouri, Pericles Pravitas, Vasiliki Sagkioti, Yorgos Sarafianos, Panos Sarafianos, Valinia Svoronou, Vera Siaterli, Nikos Sklavenitis, Efi Spilioti, Antonis Stoantzikis, Eftychia Tzanetoulakou, Cleopatra Tsali, Yorgos Tserionis, Mary Chatzinikoli-Sarafianou, Dionysis Christofullogiannis, Theodora Chorafa. 

Also participating is the Ceramics Laboratory from the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Laboratories of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica-Dafni, with Mary Yaximi in charge.

Information:

Project: Λόφος art project , Velvendou 39, Kypseli , www.lofosartproject.com 

Curated by: Fay Tzanetoulakou-Dimitris Sarafianos

Lighting designer: Maria Manetta

Duration: 1/11-31/12/2024, Tuesday  through Sunday  18.00-21.00

The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue.