Dear iDEALS,
Vamiali's gallery is pleased to present “REVERIES OF WILL”, art from the land of Cyprus, a group exhibition curated by artist Polys Peslikas. “Reveries of will… because the reverie is nearly always associated in our minds, with a state of relaxation, we fail to appreciate those dreams that include focused action, which I will call dreams of will. And so when the real stands before us in all its terrestrial materiality, we are immediately persuaded to [forgot the existence of these ] unconscious impulses, , the oneiric forces which flow unceasingly through our conscious life ” (Gaston Bachelard, Earth and reveries of will, 1948).
The exhibition's curator, Polys Peslikas with a brief reference to Gaston Bachelard writes about the idea behind the exhibition: "Perhaps one of the most dangerous elements for an artwork is if it is created within narrow geographical contexts. Any reality tends to swell, as it happens with desire.
Avoiding any romanticism and every harsh reality of events, historical, political and the "loading" caused by the acts in the geographical area of an island, we make a proposal to define the image of an identity that responds to contemporary artistic production and creation of Cyprus. These artists do not belong to the same generation, but their work could be compared and coexist, be read on many levels and readings by creating multiple folds.
The artists of the exhibition are characterized by their relationship with everyday life, current events, time, or the history as a pliable material, or just by the strict devotion and methodical approach to their artistic production (sometimes as an obsession). The visual result is clean, sophisticated, low-lit, The sculptural installations of A. M. comprising of different elements and materials, could be described as a whole as drawings in space. They function as a reference to the concept of time, of immobility and silence of death. With an intense tragic element but at the same time with humor, his works could be read as descendants of surrealism. Forged metal, stones, natural raw materials forming a linear image of a world-culture of reason and of dream.
Video still from BLOMQVIST 2001 by Alexandros Pissourios
13 September - 22 October 2011 Tuesday - Friday 13.00-19.00 Saturday 12.00-16.00 Participating artists: Evelyn Anastasiou, Savvas Christodoulides, Elina Ioannou, Sotiris Kallis, Stelios Kallinikou, Phanos Kyriacou, Angelos Makrides, Panagiotis Mina, Vicky Pericleous, Alexandros Pissourios, Socratis Socratous, Lefteris Tapas, Philippos Vasiliades.
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