The Art Collection at the exhibition for Michalis Economou
3 representative paintings
The Alpha Bank Art Collection loaned 3 works of art by Michalis Economou to the Exhibition “Michalis Economou: The alchemy of painting” hosted at the Averoff Museum in Metsovo.
The works are:
- Ocean, 1920-30, oil on cardboard, 50 x 64 cm
- House in Southern France, 1920, oil on cardboard, 42.5 x 65.5 cm
- Red Boat at Sea, oil on canvas, 27 x 35 cm
A major exhibition for a low-key artist
This is the 1st major retrospective exhibition for Economou, 90 years after his death.
It presents around 120 works of this immensely talented, yet least promoted Greek painter. The exhibits come from museums, foundations and private collectors. The 3 works loaned by the Alpha Bank Art Collection are representative of the creator’s artistic style.
Michalis Economou (1888-1933) contributed substantially to the revival of modern Greek art in the genre of landscape painting. The introduction of grounbreaking, for the time, experimentations with materials, and the balance between representation and abstraction render his technique particularly interesting.
Catalogue and documentary
The exhibition is accompanied by a lavish bilingual catalogue that includes:
- Colour reproductions of the paintings
- Extensive CV of the creator
- Texts by Aphrodite Kouria, catalogue curator
- A text by Christina Karadima, conservator of the artist’s works
- A conversation between Greek painter George Rorris and Economou's oeuvre
The 30-minute documentary The Autobiography of a Portrait: Giorgos Rorris paints Evangelos Averoff will also be screened during the exhibition.
Exhibition info
Where: Averoff Museum, Metsovo
When: 01.10.2023 – 15.01.2024
Visiting hours: Daily, excluding Tuesdays, 10:00-16:00
Organised by: Averoff Museum
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