Athens



Vassilis Karakatsanis
‘Urban Behaviours’ 2007/2008
6-24 May 2008

Ekfrasi-Yianna Grammatopoulou is pleased to announce ‘Urban Behaviours’
an exhibition with painting by Vassilis Karakatsanis (Athens 1957)
Opening reception: May 6th, 2008 from 19:30
The exhibition opens May 6th, 2008 and will run through May 24th, 2008

In ‘Urban Behaviours’ exhibition, Karakatsanis risks his involvement in a socio-political debate.
Vanity, carnalism and mixing of values reflect in the eyes and the bodies of the assembled people who constitute the body of his work whereas the repeated presence of the chair refers to the urban environment.

Jaume Mir, President of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Mallorca, annotates:
«Karakatsanis approaches this reality in an unadorned, straightforward and caustic manner. Vanity, carnalism and mixing of values reflect in the eyes and the bodies of the assembled people who constitute the body of his work whereas the repeated presence of the chair refers to the urban environment.
His subject matter is realization, deadlock and hypocrisy, with which, without any trace of intellectualism, he expresses his anguish using very few materials. He does not suggest a solution, yet he demonstrates a mirror in which we can all see our real self or our innermost fantasies, if we so wish.
Karakatsanis risks his involvement in a socio-political debate. However, painting and art in general has to create aesthetic parameters both from its own material and from the “thesis” of identification of its content. »


Vassilis Karakatsanis was born in Athens 1957.
1976-85 education:
Athens & Barcelona Graduate Schools of Fine Arts, Painting, Stage Design and Book Art, with scholarships by the IKY, (Greek State Scholarship Foundation) & the Spanish Government.
Centro Europeo of Venice, Maintenance of Architectural Monuments, with scholarship by the European Council, Italy.
1982-08 solo exhibitions in Greece, Italy, Spain, Indonesia, Cyprus, Germany & participation in International Exhibitions & Art Fairs, (Stockholm Art Fair, Art Innsbruck, Art Athina/Athens, Europ’Art/Geneva, Chelsea Art Fair/London, 8th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Academy/New Delhi, BP Oil Europe/Brussels, Sotheby’s/New York, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece/Moscow & Sofia, Fundación Joan Miro/Barcelona, E & C Department, La Vella/Andorra, 8th BIDA Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes/Madrid).

For more information, please contact the gallery.
Visiting hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00 – 14:00 & 18:00 – 21:00
Saturday 11:00 – 14:00, Sunday & Monday closed

ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou
Valaoritou 9a, 10671 Athens, Greece
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