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Artist Statement:
‘Urban Behaviours’ > ‘ÁóôéęÝň
ÓőěđĺńéöďńÝň’
‘Comportamientos Urbanos’
2007/2008
Catalogue 2/2008 ATHENS
Behaviours are defined and
formed within the time they
occur as well as the cultural,
political and “arbitrary”
conjunctures of our developing
civilization. Accepted or not,
depending on the longitude and
latitude they appear, the
material of their clothing,
the accent of the protagonists
or the social codes, they
never fail to reflect the
individuals and define class,
roles, values and missions,
ethical or unethical, in our
virtually “Roman” society.
Karakatsanis approaches this
reality in an unadorned,
straightforward and caustic
manner. Vanity, carnalism and
mixing of values reflect in
the eyes and the bodies of the
assembled people who
constitute the body of his
work whereas the repeated
presence of the chair refers
to the urban environment.
His subject matter is
realization, deadlock and
hypocrisy, with which, without
any trace of intellectualism,
he expresses his anguish using
very few materials. He does
not suggest a solution, yet he
demonstrates a mirror in which
we can all see our real self
or our innermost fantasies, if
we so wish.
The middle class, particularly
that of the western world, has
led people’s perspective
towards a comfortable life,
aesthetically more decent
and...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Morfi Gallery, Limassol,
Cyprus
Tsatsis Projects/Artforum,
Thessaloniki, Greece
2008
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou,
Athens, Greece
2007
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
Atrion, Heraklio/Crete, Greece
Architecture Studio Zoe
Antoniadi, Athens, Greece
2006
Galerie Christina Karella,
Athens, Greece
Morfi Gallery, Limassol,
Cyprus
Lucia Vassiliadis, Patmos,
Greece
Trigono Gallery, Kifissia/...
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Artist Galleries:
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou,
Athens, Greece
T: +30-210 3607598
info@ekfrasi-art.gr
Astrolavos Art Galleries,
Athens & Piraeus, Greece
T: +30-2107221200, 4
Email:gallery@astrolavos.gr
Galerie Zita-Mi, Thessaloniki,
Greece
T: +30-2310270636
Gallery Chrysa, Katerini,
Greece
T: +30-2351073252
Email: info@gallerychrysa.gr
Trigono Gallery,
Kifissia/Athens, ...
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Artist Reviews:
Reviews - Critics –
Bibliography - Catalogues
(s.e) Solo Exhibitions (g.e)
Group Exhibitions
• mag. ECHOS & Hi Fi, Athens,
11/81
• catalogue g.e- 8th Bienal
Internacional del Deporte en
las
Bellas Artes, Madrid,
82
• N.Grigorakis, ‘V.
Karakatsanis’, mag. Ikastika
(43-45),
Athens, 85
• cataloque s.e- ‘Aragün 249’
Kifissia,...
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Collections:
Collections - Museums
• Municipal Art Gallery of
Rhodes – Museum of Modern
Greek Art, Rhodes, Greece
• Orthodox Academy of Crete,
Hania, Greece
• Municipal Art Gallery of
Corfu, Corfu, Greece
• Fundaciün FPPU, Montevideo,
Uruguay
• Fundaciün Joan Mirü, Parc de
Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain
• Palacio de Cristal, Retiro,
Madrid, Spain
• E & Cultural Department...
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Sandra Perini
I really like your painting Urban Behaviors but I don't understand what you are saying in your artist statement.
I tried to send an email but the security image was a broken link.
O.P.Joshi Ph.D.
Your works are deep study in human urban behaviour. Your observation and presentation of behaviours in plastic forms are marvellous. Your statement explains things in extraordainary form. flat colors and space in paintings an attraction to composition. Pschologists and Sociologists should pbserve these artistic and scientific works.
O.p.Joshi
AbdelMegid
Dear Mr. Karakatsanis,
I am impressed by your artworks. I find your acrylics Urban Behavior very original and creative and deeply insightful.
Thank you,
AbdelMegid
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