A white, luminous, inverted “Balancer” by Giorgos Lappas, the “tserkia with a spotlight”, the “Shield”, the “Cycladic”, the ‘Lanterns’ (in a column) by Giorgos Zongolopoulos, four oversized ‘Rings’ by Afrodite Liti, and a wall relief by Nikos Kryonidis featuring white, small-scale animal figurines, serve as dynamic spatial proposals for organizing an installation, set against the backdrop of Nikos Kryonidis’s abstract painterly gestures.

The “sculptural” works in these four artistic idioms, despite their thematic and technical differences, share a common form—the circle as an abstract concept—thereby creating a narrative thread rich in multiple references and interpretive possibilities.

Κryonidis

In ”The Balancer”, the concept of the circle operates invisibly and hypothetically, signifying the search for a center and, metaphorically, a need to delve deeper and fathom the depths of thought—perhaps even a hint of introspective catharsis.

Zongolopoulos

In Zongolopoulos’s works, magnifying lenses function as a literal and imaginative means of expanding space, challenging the gaze, observation, and penetration. Moreover, the multiple versions of circles with metal stems seem to conceptually capture the void, sometimes producing illusory spherical forms and other times shields of armor.

In Aphrodite Liti’s oversized rings (two solitaires and two with snake motifs) the variation in scale and size alters the functionality dictated by the theme, while the void within the circles—creating a visual transparency—leaves open the symbolism of promise, faith, and unity.

Lappas

Nikos Kryonidis’s relief, like a wall-mounted work, with its animal figures arranged in concentric circles, evokes a ritual of cohesion, an ironic and playful composition of “animality,” similar to a cryptic, apotropaic mandala.

*The curatorial text is by Thalia Stefanidou (Art Historian/Critic – Curator)