Painting and Sculpture Exhibition “IndepArt2016”.

Opening Day: Friday, November 18th at 19:00

Exhibition Duration: 19 – 27 November 2016

The Image Gallery in collaboration with the art critic
and art historian Mrs. Emmy Varouxaki present the exhibition “IndepArt2016”…

BOBORI AGGELIKI

For
the past seven years Greek artists have been exhibiting paintings and
sculptures at the Parisian Salon of Independent Artists, which is hosted at the
Grand Palais at the Elysian Fields (Les Champs-Élysées). It is one of the four
historic Salons forming the biggest Art Salon of Europe, the Art En Capital (Artistes Francais,
COMPARAISONS, Salon du dessin et peinture a l’ eau, Salon des INDEPENDANTS).

MAGDA APOSTOLOU

ARISTIDIS CHRYSANTHOPOULOS

BELDEKOS PANAGIOTIS

The
Salons were created by order of LOUIS XIV who wanted to establish the art of
the Academy and for this purpose bestowed the Louvre Salons and especially the
Salon Carré (Square Salon), whose name has remained since.

The
Independent Artists’ Salon was created in 1887, after repeated refusals to
exhibit the pioneering and rebellious artists’ styles at the official Salon.
Impressionists, Fauves, post impressionists and cubist painters, apart from
Picasso who never exhibited at the Salon, created and exhibited for many years
until World War I at the Salon of Independent Artists. The entire range of
European Modernism was hosted and found refuge at its premises that were in
selected buildings in Paris. Well informed collectors and art dealers went
there to acquire works of great talents of modern times. All modern art
movements had as a podium the Salon of the Independent Artists.

DEVETZIS ANDREAS

DIVARI EVA

TANIA DROGOSI

MATZAKOS PETROS

Since
2006 this exhibition has been hosted at the Grand Palais. The organizers
assigned art critic and art historian Mrs. Emmy Varouxaki, who has been
following it and conversing with the artists, talking to them about the
achievements of modern Greek art, to bring a group of Greek artists according
to her judgment and choice. Thus began the representation of Greek artists that
has lasted despite the difficult times until today. Approximately 80 artists
have exhibited their works here.

As
a tribute in their honor for their persistence and faith, Mrs. Emmy Varouxaki
has organized this exhibition at the Image Gallery. The gallery is housed at
one of the most beautiful neoclassical buildings of Athens, next to the house
in which Giorgio de Chirico grew up, member himself of the Independent Artists,
the present exhibition, hoping that it will be the beginning of annual
presentations of the Greek modern spirit and artistic production.

ASPA PAPALEXANDRI

RINAS EVAGGELOS

The
following artists participate at the exhibition:

Rena Avayiannou // Vangelis Andreopoulos // Magda
Apostolou // Maria Apostolou // Maria Argirakopoulou // Eleni Sameli-Varouxaki
// Titi Vasiliou // Emily Vafias //
Maria Giannikou // Anastasia Ginaki //
Andreas Devetzis // Tania
Dimitrakopoulou // Eva Divari // Tania Drogossi // Giorgos Eskiadis // Christos Efstathiou // Rania Kapeliari //
Spyros Karampelas // Georgia Kokkini //
Mina Kordali // Maria Ktistopoulou // Spyros Lytras // Penny Manavi // Petros
Matzakos // Marikita Manolopoulou // Liza Merlin Vassilatou // Miki Michailidou
// Maria Mouriadou // Panayiotis Beldekos // Angeliki Bobori // Fotini Othoneou
// Aspa Papalexandri // Thalia Protopsalti // Nantia Rapti // Katerina Soroula
// Marianna Trontsiou // Manolis Tsagarakis
// Marilia Fotopoulou // Aristidis Chrysanthopoulos