Art historian Louisa Karapidaki notes about the exhibition:

“The painter Olga Karadimos returns to Greece, with the exhibition ”Wild”, at the Historical Archives – Museum of Hydra. This time she depicts wild, untamed animals in a symbolic exhibition of symbolic importance to celebrate the freedom, uniqueness and unparalleled beauty of wildlife on the one hand and to raise awareness among the general public for the preservation of World Heritage sites, which are wildlife refuges (Wildlife refuges). Her works draw our attention to the ever-threatened lives of a variety of undomesticated birds and animals, the downward trend in their population and remind the viewer of the need to protect them. In her compositions with the simple, almost monochrome background, she focuses her interest on the physiognomic peculiarities of each animal, projecting their precise realistic features and accurately depicting characteristic postures of their bodies. Among the felines, deer, large mammals, elephant and hippopotamus, she also paints eagle-like birds of prey with their haughty penetrating gaze. The naturalistic style of her writing is articulated through her masterful use of colour which sometimes creates a sense of movement.
She also illustrates fantastical compositions with a group of wild animals coexisting with domesticated endangered animals, such as the donkey, which has engaged her pictorially in the past.
Her representations express her admiration for wildlife and emit a special dynamism that creates feelings of awe and respect for nature in the viewer,” Louisa Karapidaki concludes.

For her part, Dina Adamopoulou, historian-archivist President of the Management Body of the GSA/Historical Archives-Museum of Hydra notes:
“There are artists who observe the world and others who listen to it. Olga Karadimos belongs to the second category; she paints not what she sees, but what she feels…
And her horses, her animals, are not just figures on canvas. They are shadows of memories, whispers of nature, pieces of an inner geography that pulsates between Olga’s Parisian everyday life and the primordial silence of the Greek countryside.
With a gaze that is at once childlike and deeply mature, Karadimos brings to her works the pulse of movement, the shiver of presence, the gentleness of the animal – not as a symbol, but as an equal interlocutor. Her horses do not run to get somewhere; they run to exist. Her animals do not seek our attention; they look us in the eye and return us to our own nature.
In this age of speed and distance, Olga Karadimos’ art invites us to a pause – a moment when the gaze steadies, the hand caresses the light, and the soul regains its breath…”

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“The exhibition ‘Sauvage’ is an invitation to reconnect with the intensity of life, bringing to light the beauty and dignity of the wild animal, which is in perfect harmony with what remains precious to us”, notes Olga Karadimos.
“The deep gaze of the wild animal reflects all the majesty of nature. Its only view is of the forest, the desert, or the ocean. Its shelter is simple. A bush, a nest, a shell. He fears the shadows despite the fact that he symbolizes the greatest freedom. His instinct is pure and clean.
He lives in harmony with his environment without disturbing its balance. When he runs in great agony it is to avoid the hunter and save his life. When he flies high always with majesty it is to keep his wings and to meet the sky. When he zigzags endlessly it is to avoid his pursuer.
In all these uncertain and dangerous times, his purpose is to protect his people in the fight for survival. Fear and momentum, anxiety and terror, strength and weakness all coexist, but he remains innocent and pure,” concludes Olga Karadimos.

Olga Karadimos, who honours our country on an international level with her work and her work, has exhibited in major art centres including New York, Paris, Rome, Geneva, Dubai, etc. The Greek-born painter, although born in Paris, feels Greek and occasionally returns to our country to present her new work.

Exhibition Opening: 1st of June, 2025.
Official exhibition opening: 20 June 2025. At 20:30.
Exhibition duration till June the 30th 2025.
Historical Archives Museum of Hydra, Port of Hydra, tel. 2298 052355
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 9:00-16:00, 19:30-21:30.
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