Gallery Art Prisma in Pireaus,
Greece hosts the solo painting exhibition of the painter Magda Apostolou,
titled “Landscapes of Unconsciousness” from Friday 2nd of March (opening at
20:00hrs) till Saturday 24th of March 2018.
The painter Magda Apostolou notes
about her art work:
“The sea, according to me,
represents the mother of all living creatures. It is connected with the
beginning of life existence on the Earth, with the origins of species
development and the existing state before everything was born. The sea gives us
the motive for either serenity or agitation while, at the same time, triggers
our admiration. It is the reason that urges me to give form to my own inner
landscapes.”
The art historian and critic mrs.
Hera Papapostolou notes:
“Our mind breeds images which in
plenty of times are expressed without us being able to interpret them
consciously. Images that include unconscious fears and suffering, needs and
desires, convictions and emotions. Magda Apostolou gives form to all these as
she creates pieces of art whose main motif is’ the sea’ by using mixed
techniques, acrylics, oils and adherences (paper and fabric).
Her artwork does not imitate either
others or directly depicts the external reality although the initial source of
her art combinations is discernible. The texture of the materials used, the
brushstrokes, the drippings, the colors and the formulas touch the viewer and
let him free to use his/her own imagination and, hence, give his/her own
interpretation to each piece of art.
The painter has given to her pieces
of art the name ‘Landscapes of Unconsciousness’ because they originate in the
emergence of unconscious images. Thus, the ever moving sea, as it constantly
changes coloring, could be connected with various emotions which, at the same
time, constitute the painter’s hidden or overt feelings. This is the means
which promotes the interaction between the painter’s unconsciousness and the
common unconsciousness.
The sea has several times
constituted the inspiration for painters, writers and poets. Either calm or
wavy has been transferred by the artists into verses, paintings and plays. On
Magda’s Apostolou canvasses the sea is displayed in such a way that the viewer
is invited to decipher the messages originating in the unconsciousness.
The fear, the serenity, the anger,
the meditation, the tension, the mystery, the threat, the doubt and the awe
take the form of a sea which at some instances looks like a small lake and in
some others it is open and wide like an ocean. It is the inner images of the
painter’s soul which desire to interact with those of the viewer stimulating
various thoughts and connotations as they trigger intense feelings at the same
time.
The artist’s pieces of work are
interesting mainly due to the fact that the painter gives us the impression she
herself is within the sea at the moment she is painting and she does not just
play the role of a distant observer. Without taking into consideration either
the rules the perspective or the accurate representation of the tints that the
sky and the earth take during specific times of the day, she envisions the
pictorial sensation a landscape can give.
The painter sometimes analyses her
visual perception while some other times she displays it with absolute freedom
always expressing her special inner worldview. We could say that she doesn’t
observe her emotions in order to rationalize them but she does feel her
emotions capturing them in shape and colour.
Hence, it’s all about the art of
life that simultaneously turns into pure art, which , like the sea, hides
storms and secrets both gaining voice so as to give birth to new spiritual
paths.”
A short bio of the painter Magda
Apostolou:
She was born in Athens where she
still lives and works. She has studied painting in the School of Fine Arts in
Thessaloniki (1993-1998) with her main professor being Mr. Vangelis Dimitreas.
She has also attended for one year in Barcelona’s University of Fine Arts
having as a direct professor Mr. Joaquim Chancho. One of her pieces of art work
has been included in the Biology schoolbook of the First Grade of Public
Secondary school.
She has participated in several
group exhibitions both in Greece and abroad. She is a member of the Greek
Chamber of Fine Arts. Pieces of her art work can be found in private
collections.
This exhibition constitutes her second personal exhibition.
GENERAL INFORMANTION:
OPENING: FRIDAY, 2nd of March,
20:00hrs
DURATION OF THE EXHIBITION: 2nd of
MARCH till 24th of MARCH 2018
Curator: Natasa Thomakou
Text: Hera Papapostolou
Communication: Dimitris Lazarou
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Gallery Art Prisma, Kountouriotou str. 187, Piraeus
tel. 2104296790
e mail: artprisma@hotmail.com
website:
www.galleryartprisma.gr
WORKING HOURS:
Tuesday / Thursday / Friday 10:30 –
15:00 & 18:00 – 21:00
Wednesday / Saturday 10:30 – 15:00
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