In 1537, Pedro Nunes, a Portuguese mathematician devoted to experimentation, studied certain navigation aspects, and realised that a ship sailing on a fixed compass bearing follows a spiralling course or curve that intersects all the meridians at the same angle. His observations determined the neologism ‘loxodromia’ later on.

Flower| Mixed technique on densely woven canvas, 1 x 1 m

In his new solo exhibition, Vasilis Thalassinos borrows the nautical term attempting to translate a different kind of long-distance and stubborn voyage, that of painting. He presents us with artworks created in the last decade through a constant choice of precariousness. Pencils, markers, acrylics, water-soluble oils, glues, canvases, premium and second-rate papers, all entangled and divergent; varied paintings, souvenirs of chaotic routes and pursuits of the now 43-year-old artist, which can best be viewed as mementos of a long-road journey.

Synthetic| Mixed technique on synthetic wood, 50 x 24.5 cm

As he himself states: ‘Of all the languages that humans have created to discard and tidy up—even if only elementarily—their everyday quirks, it is the language of visual arts that enables me to do as I please, pursuing contradictions of the ongoing social war, heterogeneity, street oddity, transformation of errors, and uninterrupted joy.’

The exhibition is hosted at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation from May 22nd to June 1st inviting our gaze to put, even for a little while, the art of painting at the epicentre.

Precarity| Mixed media on quadruple corrugated cardboard 55 x 23 cm

Opening: Thursday, 22 May 2025, at 19:00

Duration: 22 May– 1 June2025

Daily: 18:00 – 22:00

Michael Cacoyannis Foundation

1st-floor exhibition venue

Pireos 206 (intersection with Chamosternas Str.), 17778 Tavros

Admission free

Exhibition organised by: ARTES LIVRES!

With the support of the private Higher School of Dramatic Art TEXNON EKATO

Vasilis Thalassinos (arteslivres.com) was born in 1982 and grew up in Thebes. He studied at the Department of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences of the University of Ioannina. Focused primarily on painting and secondarily on sculpture, he has worked in experimental plastic arts as well as trash art since 2004, having a wide range of experience in art workshops for children and young adults. His paintings and other artworks are housed in several private collections in Europe and the Americas.