Zoumboulakis Gallery presents Vassiliki Koukou's solo exhibition, entitled "Where flowers are singing", which opens on Thursday, April 25, 2024, curated by Angeliki Baras. Paintings, cloth creatures and flowers will coexist in the installation presented at the gallery.
"Images of creatures, plants, potions, totems and unidentified figures taken from the realm of illusion, mythology and fairy tale are spreading across the gallery’s space. In Koukou's work the poetic rhythms of color converse with childish spontaneity, bringing to life multiple narratives, explicit or complex, combined with personal experiences. The artist conveys personal thoughts and warm memories through agile, airy and elastic forms guided by colored resonances of the senses.
Koukou’s artistic practice is based on the expansion of the magical world of art in everyday life, but also vice versa. Hybrid painting compositions of various dimensions and materials orchestrate a stylistic dialogue between color and gesture. Through an ecofeminist approach, Koukou presents a world where existence is indestructible, interpreting life through the stages of nature's self-creation. The timeless symbols of Koukou's painting have a significant role as the basic pillars of the proper functioning of a universe, without discrimination or hierarchies, where cooperation prevails over individual action.
Real plants, from Polyamorous, converse with surreal flowers, roots, ceramic potions and three-dimensional creatures made of fabric, transforming the gallery space into a colorful oasis."
Curated by Angeliki Baras
Opening: Thursday, April 25 18.00 - 21.00
Duration: 25 April - 25 May 2024