The solo exhibition of the awards –
winning visual artist EIRINI PAGONI – LOUTI, titled “42 miles road”, will be
presented from Monday, September 25 till Tuesday, September 31 at the Center of
Collective Artistic Activity SYN (Tositsa str. 17, Exarchia, Athens). The
originality of this exhibition is due to the fact that the artworks were born
and created inside the gallery SYN, where they are presented. The opening date
of the exhibition is on Monday, October 2 at 19:00 and the entrance is FREE.
Completing 42 years, as an idea and
space, the Center of Collective Art Activities SYN is the inspiration for the
creation of an exhibition within the aesthetics characterized by the aesthetic
perception of the materials and forms of the artist Eirini Pagoni-Louti, as she
explains below:
“SYN is a
concept that began in 1975, right after the change of the political regime, by
the painter and teacher Theodoros Pantos, and some dreaming visual artists, not
only as an art space but also as a focal point for the education and movement
of ideas and ideals, freedom, ethos and creation.
I became
part of this Idea in the early 80's, when we assumed that through revolution
and certainty that we were able to change the world. Art, like any form of
Knowledge and Expression of our Life, is, and owes to be, a Political Act.
Those years, were really very creative, everything was new, everything was a
surprise, everything was beautiful. Let's not forget that Aesthetic is the
Highest Ethic.
However, the
"groups", having self-restraints and self-protections, conflicts and
contradictions, are in the process of time, impossible to remain unchanged,
static. They stumble upon either the selfishness or the different evolution of
their constituents. For me, it was time to "travel" elsewhere.
It has been
now 30 years since that time. I have worked and traveled to other destinations.
The ideology and perception of my Art Creation and my life of those years were
alive and present in every single step of mine. My return to this place since
last winter has nothing to do with nostalgia or romance. Besides, by nature, I
am not at all like that. It probably has to do with my need, with my debt to
finish this destination that I started in my very youthful years. I am not a
person I dream of, I am a person who believes "in the debt". From
that time on, my suffering began. "What kind of exhibition should I do??
What concept?. I wanted something that would be capable to express the content
of 42 years of this space, of this “road” in the course of SYN, albeit with my
own aesthetic perception, with my own materials and with my own forms.
At the
beginning of July 2017, this light beam came a big "flash"!. I
got two A4 sheets of paper, I stuck
along, I quickly designed my idea,
quickly with my pencil, and with two clothespins I hung it on my
fireplace. It was ... a 42 miles road. ..... 1975 to 2017 ... 42 years.
I go to SYN,
Tositsa 17 in Exarchia, on September 25, 2017, Monday, without any ready work from my studio. Only
with my materials. Early in the morning. My exhibition, my show, starts from that
moment on, and it is open to everyone. Everything that will be exposed, it will
be constructed within the space itself. I will not leave the place until I
finish the work, not even to go home to sleep. I hope and I wish that the
weather will be my ally, for the colors to be quickly dried. On Wednesday,
September 27, at 7 o'clock in the evening, everything will be ready for what we
would call an official inauguration. The whole process of implementing the exhibition
will be videotaped, mounted for the audience to come and will be posted on You
Tube. I hope my form will most accurately express the content of 42 years.”
EIRINI
PAGONI – LOUTI biography:
Studied in
the atelier of Theodore Pantos and Spyros Koukoulomatis, drawing, color, and
History of Art. Studies in the School of Visual Arts, New York
University,and the New York Fashion Institute of Technology ,for
Theatrical Costumes. Later continues studies for costumes at Esmode, Paris.
After the
return in Greece 1984, becomes a member of the
Artistic Center SYN, where in Gallery SYN, makes the
first exhibition .
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
1984 SYN
1986 Manteion
1988 Opsis
with ManolisPetalas.
1990 The Art of Independence.
1992 Ersis
Gallery
1993 Titanium
1993 MariaGoumaΑΓ
1994 SYN
1996 Titanium,“THEOGONY” Multi Art
Work,
(Painting, Installation, Music, Video,
Dramatized Dancing)
1997 Aigeira Cultural Center,
1999 Selini,
“Visual Creations of
Childhood”
(
Elaborated Metal Materials)
2000 TechnopolisPeireos, Installation, “Tin
Preservation of Cereals”
2001 The
American University in Aix En
Provence, France,
“From the myths of Fontaine” (Elaborated Metal Materials)
2003-2004 Petroupolis Festival, with ‘Echodrasis’ , Nikos Touliatos,
“Sound Genesis”, ( Metal Installation – Music Instrument ).
2005 ARTISTIC ENCOUNTER GREECE – CHINA, Beijing ,“Seeds of the
Future”
(ElaboratedMetals).
2007 LIQUID BLUE , cultural actions of Trichonis
Lake, with Jenny Tsoumbri,
Art Productions.
2009 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SΕMΕIOLOGÎ¥ ON PABLOS’ PICASSO
QUERNICA, Dimokritos Physics Science
Center.
2010 LOVING, DANCING , USED THE RECYCLE BAR
2010 NOT THE OLD, NOT THE NEW, BUT THE NECESSARY CHILLI.
ART GALLERY
2013 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LIGHT,
2017 42
MILES ROAD , SYN CULTURAL CENTER
INTERNATIONAL
PRIZES
In 1996, presents the 3D video “THEOGONY”, and in 1996 & 1997,
receives two prizes, participating in two Universal Festivals, in Ars
Electronica in Lintz, Austria, and in
Ars Digitalis in
Berlin.
OTHER ACTIVITIES.
Artistic
direction, Décor & costumes, for the
dramatized documentaries, for the
Greek National Television Network
1989-1991 “Ela
stofos”
1991-1992 “Mother
of a God”
1992 “Iscandar el Akbar”
1993 “Bazaars of the East”
1994-1995 “Nine Mousses”.
Artistic
direction, scenography, costumes for the
films, participating in the International Film Festival of Drama, and
for the following Theatrical
Shows.
1996 “O Grigoris”
1997 “Diadromi”
1998 “Terra Incognita” Thessaloniki
International Film Festival Theater.
1998 “The
can opener” TheatrikiSkini,
Antonis Antoniou
1999 “The
Big Game” TheatrikiSkini, Antonis Antoniou.
2000 “The
Line” TheatrikiSkini, Antonis
Antoniou.
2001-2002 “Anonymous
Ode” Fuga, International Theater Prize
2003 “The
children of the wolf” Fuga.
2006-2007 “The children of the wolf”
& “Women in the Time” Fuga.
2007 “The
can opener” Art Café
2008 “The song
of the water” with the SAOLIN
from China,
2008 “CAVEMAN”
Mogul – Coronet
2008 “HELECTRA” for Municipality of Athens
2009 “MEDEA” for Municipality of Athens
2009 “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE” Fuga
2011 ‘THYLI ANIMA DEVI’ Artefact
2012 ‘TA TRIA K’ Theatro tis Imeras
2013 ‘I ZAKYNTHOS OMOLEI’ Fuga
2013 ‘KING LEAR’ LaikoTheatroLakisKaralis
2013 ‘ANARXIKOS TRAPEZITIS’ Artefact
2014 ‘TROMOS KAI ATHLIOTITA TOY 3ou REICH’
Brecht, LaikoTheatro tis Zakynthos
PERFORMANCE.
1999 –
2000 For JONNIE
WALKER “MILLENNIUM”
2001 For Q
TELECOM
2004 For SAMSUNG, during the OLYMPIC GAMES OF
ATHENS 2004,
in the
OLYMPIC STADIUM.
2005-2006 For
MARLBORO
2000-2010 Many times for dance shows & promotion performances for Dance
Academies & Firms like
VICHY, SILK CUT, BACARDI , e.t.c.
Member of
ACADEMY OF INSTITUTIONS & CULTURE, since 2005 until today.
GENERAL
INFORMATION for the exhibition:
EIRINI
PAGONI – LOUTI
«42 miles
road»
Duration:
SEPTEMBER 25 untill OCTOBER 31, 2017
Opening
date: Monday, October 2, at 19:00hrs
Center of
Collective Art Activities
SYN
Tositsa str.
17, Exarchia,
106 83
Athens, Greece
Exhibition
hours:
Monday till
Sunday: 19:00 – 22:00hrs
Wednesdays:
Closed
FREE
ENTRANCE
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