Stratos Kalafatis
dal 14/10/2008 al 4/11/2008
Segnalato da
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
14/10/2008
Stratos Kalafatis
Villa Audi, Beirut
The exhibition includes works from the series 'Journal 1998-2002'. These are photographs which convey memories of joy, fear, curiosity, optimism and solidarity with space and with people. Faces, places, landscapes and various other spaces 'pass' before the lens of the artist, who suggests a world formed of colour.
Curated by Vangelis Ioakimidis
This exhibition, the first by Stratos Kalafatis in Beirut, includes works from the series “Journal 1998-2002”. These are photographs which convey memories of joy, fear, curiosity, optimism and solidarity with space and with people. Faces, places, landscapes and various other spaces “pass” before the lens of the artist, who suggests a world formed of colour.
In his work, a nature of the real, problematic unto itself, is born, and that is how we perceive it with our emotions. At the same time, it urges us to consider the contradictions in our relationships with reality and with the profound essence of photography.
Stratos Kalafatis will also be setting out on a photographic mission having as a starting point the city of Beirut, in co-operation with the Greek Embassy.
Born in Kavala in 1966. He studied Photography in the Art Institute of Philadelphia, USA and he has also graduated from the Physical Education department of the Aristotle University. Ηe has realized solo exhibitions in Greece, Turkey, Spain and the United States and he has also participated in several group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Many of his works have received distinctions and belong to private and public collections. “Journal 1998-2004” is the title of his album while his works are in various others editions. He lives and works in Thessaloniki.
Villa Audi, Beirut, Liban
Rue St. Nicolas, Tabaris