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5/5/2005

Accidental Meetings

The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia

Group show

The exhibition attempts an approach to the contemporary reality of Cypriot Visual Arts. At the same time, it aspires to act as a meeting platform for 65 significant Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot artists, both older but mainly younger, who, in the thirty years which have elapsed, have managed through their work to create a multifaceted mosaic constituting the identity of cypriot Contemporary Art.

The Accidental Meetings exhibition is essentially the first chance to self-analyse and self-delineate contemporary cypriot Art, as well as a challenge to our artists to determine for themselves our contemporary Visual Arts appearance at a time when our country is acquiring greater and greater geo-political significance and interest, and is becoming a nodal point for East-West dialogue. It also aspires at forming a meeting-point for trends and perceptions and ideas and mentalities, but mainly a space where energy can be released and new matter created.

It is a fact that in the thirty years which have elapsed since 1974, Cypriot artists have managed, through many adversities, to articulate their own distinctive utterances in a region which faced and continues to face a serious problem.

It’s quite often the case that the realization of a problem such as the Cyprus Issue is expressed as a purely internal process. The continued existence of the Green Line, the absence of a solution and the insurmountable problems which still exist are all elements which significantly influenced the course of the island’s Visual Arts as well.

One could say that it’s almost the fashion in this day and age for artists to observe and comment on socio-political and other phenomena of our times, and set themselves at the frontline of “difficult” problems and in the vanguard of critical regions.

On the other hand, one should appreciate in Cypriot Art of recent years the fact that it tried to create a unique and contemporary character, searching desperately (and often extrovertly) in an attempt to redefine itself.

The overpowering fact, however, is that today, Cyprus stands at an ideological crossroads which will determine its future in the years to come. It is for this reason that introspection and an analysis of its hitherto Visual Arts course has such significance.

The artists taking part are (in alphabetical order):
Afantitou Rea
Angelidou Stella
Antoniadou Athena
Antoniou Klitsa
Antonopoulos Stavros
Attalidou Katerina
Blacj Helene
Charalambides Nikos
Christodoulides Savvas
Cizenel Emin
CoutaMelita
Della Georgia
Epameinonda Haris
+ Fatal group
Gregoriou Theodoulos
Hughes Glyn
Inatci Umit
Kakoulli Sofia
Kallis Kyriakos
Kanay Serap
Karambambas Stefanos
Karayan Andreas
Kentonis Achilleas
Keten Osman
Koumides Glafkos
Kounnis Constantinos
Kouroshis Nicos
Kypris Yiorgos
Kyriakou Fanos
Laphiti Lia
Loizidopu Maria
Makariou Andreas
Makridou Myrto
Mantazlas Costas
Meason Martin
Michael Panayiotis
Michael Savella
Neokleos Demetris
Nicodemou Eleni
Olympios Lefteris
Panay Nicolas
Panayiotou Christodoulos
Paraskoss Stass
Pella Paisiotis Charis
Perendou Maria
Perikleuos Vicky
Peliskas Polys
Petrides Christos
Plant Mary
Polydorou Christos
Savva Andreas
Savva Niki
Sergiou Charalambos
Sergiou Vasso
Sokratous Sokratis
Sthepani Rinos
Tapas Lefteris
Tembriotis Panikos
Torossian Hourig
Uygur Simge
Vargas Susan
Weierstall Horst

Organised by:

The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre
Associated with the Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art

Ministry of Education and Culture – Cultural Services

Cultural Centre of the Laiki Group

Sponsors:

Ministry of Education and Culture
Laiki Group
Curator: Yiannis Toumazis

Opening: Friday, May 6, at 19:30

The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre
Associated with the Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art
19, Apostolos Varnavas Street - Nicosia

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