Elephant in the Room
It’s so big that you can’t ignore it
This is definitely a very important, a very large issue or controversial matter that everyone or almost everyone is aware of, yet for obvious reasons, avoids it. No one mentions or discusses it because they find it to be uncomfortable, awkward, annoying, or even a taboo. It is that which, due to its size and our reluctance to deal with it, will not simply disappear on its own. The exhibition "Elephant in the Room" is a reminder that contemporary societies need art, yet at the same time bluntly ignoring it, chooses to focus on crafts and decorative trinkets. This pretentious behavior as one defines himself as a self-proclaimed expert, an authority on matters, whether that be a doctor, an archaeologist, a parapsychologist or coach, and at times, an artist, devalues the importance of scientific or artistic work.
Art has an enormous impact in the course of shaping societies.
10 Artists attempt the impossible! They bring the elephant into the Room. Ten large-scale installations and sculptures occupy the entire space. It is difficult to ignore them, they are in front of you and around you, can you face them?
Artists: Spyros Aggelopoulos, Dimitris Antonitsis, Kostis Velonis, Theodoros Zafeiropoulos, Babis Karalis, Ioanna Lin, Maro Michalakakos, Kostas Bassanos, Maria Papadimitriou, Nikos Papadimitriou/ Kostas Tsolis.
Curated by: Georg Georgakopoulos
The exhibition “Elephant in the Room” curated by Georg Georgakopoulos, is presented in context to Back to Athens 8 International Arts Festival.
The event considers all public health protection measures, in the context of avoiding the spread of coronavirus (CoV-19).
Back to Athens 8 | 2021 is organized by APART Art Research and Applications, under the Auspices of the City of Athens, with the support of the Austrian Embassy in Athens and the Ministry of Culture of Austria, Zoia, Athens Intersection Cultural Program, CHEAPART and the Offspring Young Artists Program.
Back to Athens 8 International Arts Festival 2021
Profiles of the Future: An inquiry into the limits of the possible
Isaiah Mansion
65 Patission & Ioulianou, Athens, 104 33
"Elephant in the Room", 1st /2nd/3rd floor
Opening day: Thursday, July 1, 16:00 - 22:00
Duration: July 1 – 4, 2021
Visiting hours: Thursday 1.7, Friday 2.7, 16:00 – 22:00, Saturday 3.7, Sunday 4.7, 12:00 – 22:00
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