Renowned visual artist Vasiliki Koskiniotou is bringing two series of works to the island of Kythira this August, and at the same time invites fellow artists and visitors to the exhibition to engage with the poetry of Nikos Karouzos through participatory activities and events that will be announced during the exhibition on the island. Its first guest is Kythira-born artist Georgia Tsery.

As art historian Konstantinos Th. Spyropoulos notes in the exhibition’s curatorial text:

“When poetic material meets painting, there is always the risk of illustration or mere descriptive representation. In the case of Vasiliki Koskiniotou, however, the fusion with the work of Nikos Karouzos transcends any obvious visual commentary, offering a moment of authentic abstraction. To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great Greek poet-philosopher, the artist is organizing a dual solo exhibition-tribute in Kythira, divided into two consecutive, complementary sections: “Meteorema I” in Chora and “Meteorema II” in Potamos. For the painter, Karouzos is not merely an external thematic starting point, but a “sacred, close ancestor.”

In her works, the artist synthesizes earlier explorations into a new, unified cosmology. She does not illustrate the verses, but literally inscribes them as raw material onto the fresh surface of the canvas or etches them with oil pastels over the painted surface. The word ceases to function as a conventional signifier and is transformed into pure plastic value, rhythm, and gestural energy. (…) The artist’s abstraction becomes the ideal mirror for Karouzos’s transcendent language, where humanism, Greekness, and the eternal light converge>>.

More Information:

• Tel:6972901316 / Email: [email protected], [email protected] 
• Venues: Mercato, Chora, Kythira & Potamos, Kythira
• Opening Hours: 20- 24.00 daily , and Sundays: 11- 14.00
• Admission is free

Venues:

• Meteorama I: Mercato, Chora, Kythira, August 1–9; opening: August 2, 8:00 p.m.
• Meteorama II: Potamos, Kythira, Potamos Cultural Center, August 14–24