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Myró
Gallery, partnered with Greek MarbleInitiative, proudly presents the solo and retrospective exhibition
of sculptor Giannis Bizas in Thessaloniki, Greece, opening on April
the 2nd
2015 at 20:00.
The exhibition shows the
most recent works of the artist along with pieces created over 15
years ago. Some of the most significant artworks of the newest series
of the artist “Humanity” will be on display. The exhibition is
curated by the Gallery's main curator Mr. Paris Kapralos and the text
documenting the sculptures is written by the Theorist of Art and Main
Curator of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art Miss Thouli
Misirloglou.
In the documenting text, Miss Thouli Misirloglou
observes: “There is a perplexity with
a conceptual ambition in his works, which combines sleekness with
fragility and the use of vacuum as an important area of work with the
realistic representation of the wound. Especially
regarding the management of sculptural space, the
gap with the way the use makes the route of liquidity, but not of
relativity: is the instrument that causes the certainties, raising
questions, particularly for major issues that grapples, which
abide by the dimension of the 'raw' and
'cooked' as set by
Levi Strauss, imprinted onto his
sharks. Thus, he restores meanings and
values of an European heritage at
large. A not so faraway relation to those found in
“pseudo-sculptures” of Pino Pascali, a great,
prematurely lost Italian artist,
already present from the 60s version of
a painting in three-dimensional canvases of various shapes, which
withdraw anatomical elements, elements of nature, animals,
etc. If Pascali's
Arte Povera refutes poetic reality,
often recalling contradictions of
the (war) games, with which grew an
entire postwar generation of artists,
the development of the specifying
feature of Giannis Bizas founded on
similar humanistic values and practices: even though the war is now
another form, the emergence of human existence as a vulnerability
Treaty is in any case requested”.
Brief CV
Giannis Bizas was born in Chios island of Greece
in 1980. Since his young age he demonstrated great interest in the
Fine Arts and soon after got involved with sketching and sculpting.
His material of choice is marble, which he work with in a
characteristic manner. His passion fo marble sculpture has driven him
away from Greece and into Italy in 2008, where he still works and
lives. Initially he
resided in Florence for seminars in art and
then in Carrara, where he got a degree in Fine Arts from the local
academy - part of the University of Pisa.
Thenceforward he has been distinguished for
the originality of his work
in selected international symposia and exhibitions worldwide.
Associated with the
Greek Marble Initiative since
the kick off of the international platform to
support his country, he never forgets his
homeland, in which
refers to any promotion opportunities in the international media.
His works can be
found in private collections and public
Institutes around
the world, while his name
is not missing by international editions of
lists & catalogues in recent years,
stating him as one
of the most strongly emerging sculptors of contemporary art.
About the Exhibition
Myró
Gallery is situated in the historic center
of Thessaloniki, Greece. The Adress is 8, Nikiforos Fokas Street,
which is nearby the landmark of “Lefkós
Pýgos” (or,
simply put, “the white tower”). Opening days/hours: Thursday,
Friday 11.00 – 14.00 & 17.00 – 21.00, Saturday 11.00 –
15.00. Admission is free.
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