| 05/04/2007 | Painting | Cyprus |
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Nedi Sakellaropoulou: Works
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| Posted by Editor Cyprus | |
  21/3/07 - 21/4/07 Gallery K in Nicosia is presenting the first solo icon painting exhibition of Nedi Sakellaropoulou. The artist is respectfully following the path of the icon painting tradition of Cyprus, a country which can claim more than two hundred saints. Nedi Sakellaropoulou’s painting follows the Byzantine canons and communicates the teachings of the orthodox faith the way tradition hand it to us through the ages. She explains: “I grew up in an area with a rich tradition in Byzantine icon painting. The Soleas valley, at the foothill of Troodos, is well known for its superb Byzantine churches which are protected by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. In this environment the natural beauty is in constant dialogue with the monuments created by human faith and it is here that I had my first contact with Byzantine iconography. When I was very young I was visiting these unique churches and experienced their icons. Their radiating peacefulness, their clean lines, their symbolic elements and the strict rendering of the Saints aroused my interest and my curiosity.’ ________________________ Gallery K 14 Evrou Street Strovolos, Nicosia Cyprus TEL : +357 22 341123 galleryk@cyatanet.com.cy www.gallery-k.co.uk |
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