The exhibition “In the Sea of The Setting Sun – Contemporary Photographic Practices and the Archive” continues until February 25, 2023 at the State Gallery of Contemporary Art – SPEL and the temporary exhibition George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus at the A. G. Leventis Gallery will be open until February 26, 2023.
The exhibition “In the Sea of The Setting Sun – Contemporary Photographic Practices and the Archive” has invited 17 Cypriot artists based in Cyprus or abroad, whose work moves in the field of contemporary photographic practices, with an emphasis on research and use of the photographic archive.
It is noted that the inauguration took place in November in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Culture, Dr. Yiannis Toumazis.
Curator: Dr Elena Stylianou (Curator / IAPT President, Associate Professor in Art and Art Theory, European University Cyprus).
Participating artists: Alexia Achilleos, Marianna Christofides, Andreas G. Coutas, Haris Epaminonda, Mustafa Hulusi, Stelios Kallinikou, Nicolas Lambouris, Orestis Lazouras, Anastasia Mina, Christodoulos Panagiotou, Haris Pellapaisiotis, Nicos Philippou, Efi Savvides, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Constantinos Taliotis, Maria Toumazou, Rahme Veziroglou.
The exhibition is being co-organised by the Cultural Services of the Deputy Ministry of Culture and IAPT (International Association of Photography and Theory, Cyprus), and opens in connection to IAPT’s 6th International Conference of Photography and Theory (ICPT2022, 17-19 November 2022, Nicosia).
According to a press release posted on the website of the A. G. Leventis Gallery on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the great Cypriot artist George Polyviou Georghiou (1901-1972), the A. G. Leventis Gallery – with the collaboration of the artist’s family – presents the temporary exhibition George Pol. Georghiou – Timeless Cyprus.
It is noted that through the exhibition, the public is given the unique opportunity to get acquainted with important works by the artist from private and public collections. In particular, the exhibition is enriched by works belonging to the artist’s family that were recently returned from Famagusta with the contribution of the Bi-communal Culture Committee.
It is added that the exhibition is curated by Loukia Loizou Hadjigavriel, Director of the A. G. Leventis Gallery, Eleni S. Nikita, Curator of the Cyprus Collection of the A. G. Leventis Gallery and Katerina Stephanides, Curator of the A. G. Leventis Gallery.
At the same time, it is noted that a smaller temporary exhibition ‘Timeless Cyprus – Life is short, and art long’ will also be presented dedicated to the places where the artist once lived and painted, and to the memories of his friends and family. This parallel, complementary exhibition, curated by Katerina Stephanides, Theodora Demetriou and Despina Christofidou, aims to offer a similar experience to visitors – a glimpse through multiple lenses, layers of memories – as well as a chance to live their own journey of meeting the artist George Pol. Georghiou and experiencing his Cyprus.
Source: Cyprus News Agency