Eleni Mylonas
dal 11/9/2014 al 30/10/2014
Segnalato da
11/9/2014
Eleni Mylonas
Francoise Heitsch, Munich
The town crier. Artist's works were inspired by the improvisational protective headgear worn by the demonstrators in Kairo's Tahir square during the Arab Spring.
Gallery Francoise Heitsch presents a solo exhibition with Greek born, based in
New York, artist Eleni Mylonas.
Mylonas’s works were inspired by the improvisational protective headgear worn by the demonstrators in Kairo’s Tahir square during
the Arab Spring.
Fascinated by the quaint helmets she saw on the internet, Mylonas made
a series of sketches later reworked as oil paintings. Eventually Mylonas started
placing odd objects on to her own head, many of them detritus washed out in the Greek
shores, creating a series of imposing large scale portraits of herself as Everyman
expressing in this way her solidarity with the demonstrators and the universality of the
human experience.
The series culminates with The Town Crier video, in which
the artist, wearing her grandfather’s military uniform and a self made head piece crowned
by the statue of Liberty, sings the popular song that originated in the Greek shadow
theatre Karagiozis which is a call to arms to all people against every sort of tyranny.
Opening: Friday, 12th September 2014, 8 p.m.
Françoise Heitsch
Amalienstrasse 19 - 80333 München
di-Fr: 14.00-19.00, Sa: 12.00-16.00