In this artwork the memory-forgetting duality takes the form of consumption and disintegration. Flowers, carriers of memory, fragrance, meaning, are turned into food. They are absorbed by the body even as they disappear from the world.
A ritual of roles that preserves the silence of tradition. The faceless bride transforms the individual into a symbol of social obligation. The children, at the feet of the elders, become the voiceless heirs of a system being perpetuated. The image comments on the “legitimate” distribution of roles within the family: familiar, yet distant, turning private experience into collective observation…
The same composition as Family Photo 1, but without the children. The adults stand naked, freed from rituals and roles. The wedding formation remains, but its symbolism recedes. Without the next generation, continuity is interrupted; without garments, conventions fade. Only the body remains, a silent trace of a path that was never completed.
Konstantina Maliarou was born in Piraeus in 1978 and graduated from the School of Byzantine Iconography of Piraeus in 1999, following a four-year course focused on drawing, colour, and the portable icon, applying techniques based on the traditional Byzantine method. During her studies, she further specialized in mural painting and the fresco technique. Her tutors included T. Misouras (painting), Ch.…
The man with the snakes connects the past with primal fear, knowledge, and temptation. He is the bearer of a fate with many faces — carrying threat, strength, rebirth. The snakes are not simple dangers, but embodiments of all that is inherited: fears, guilt, memories, loss, allure, promises. Each snake, a path not chosen, a voice of doubt. The central…
Eleni Tsotsorou is a visual artist whose main mediums of expression are painting and textile art. She was born in Athens in 1966, where she currently lives and works. Initially, she studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and Medical Physics at University College London (UCL), working as a trainee Medical Physicist at Agios Savvas Hospital.…
Eleni Tsotsorou is a visual artist whose main mediums of expression are painting and textile art. She was born in Athens in 1966, where she currently lives and works. Initially, she studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and Medical Physics at University College London (UCL), working as a trainee Medical Physicist at Agios Savvas Hospital.…
Eleni Tsotsorou is a visual artist whose main mediums of expression are painting and textile art. She was born in Athens in 1966, where she currently lives and works. Initially, she studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and Medical Physics at University College London (UCL), working as a trainee Medical Physicist at Agios Savvas Hospital.…
>Ελένη Τσοτσορού Η Ελένη Τσοτσορού είναι εικαστική καλλιτέχνις. Γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1966. Σπούδασε Φυσική στο ΕΚΠΑ και Ακτινοφυσική στο University College London (UCL). Κατόπιν αποφάσισε να αλλάξει πορεία και μετά από κατατακτήριες εξετάσεις εισήχθη στην Ανώτατη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών, όπου σπούδασε Ζωγραφική και Ψηφιδωτό και παρακολούθησε μαθήματα γλυπτικής και φρέσκο. Αποφοίτησε το 2000. Έχει παρουσιάσει 9 ατομικές και έχει…
Dimitris Galanakis is a visual artist whose main means of expression are painting and drawing using the stippling technique. He was born in Athens in 1961 and has been active in the Fine Arts since 1981, under the guidance of several other visual artists. With their support, and through consistent effort and meticulous study, he acquired technical skill and shaped…