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Arrrgh! Monsters invading Paris

Posted on January 5, 2013

ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion, the exhibition presented by Atopos cvc in 2011 in Athens, this February  travels to Paris.

Very  proud to see my best friend participating in it – way to go Filep Motwary!

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Based on an original idea by Vasslis Zidianakis, ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion is the first international exhibition on character design in fashion and art. Characters are abstract, reduced figures with a strong anthropomorphic appeal and bold graphical silhouette. Participating designers and artists reshape the human body and reveal a new universe full of dreams, nightmares and hybrid creatures.

The outcome of extensive research that became ATOPOS’s unique publication Not a Toy and following the success of its first presentation at the Benaki Museum in Athens, ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion will now be hosting creations by 55 fashion designers and artists from around the world as well as loans from the ModeMuseum, Antwerp and thedestefashioncollection.

Participating designers & artists:
Alexander Mcqueen UK, Alex Mattsson SE, Alexis Themistocleous CY, Andrea Ayala Closa ES, Andrea Cammarosano IT, Andrea Crews FR, Bart Hess NL, Bas Kosters NL, Bernhard Willhelm DE, Boris Hoppek DE, Bronwen Marshall UK, Cassette Playa & Gary Card UK, Charlie Le Mindu FR, Chi He CN, Claire Michel FR, Craig Green UK, David Curtis-Ring UK, Digitaria GR, Dr Noki’s NHS UK, Erika Mizuno JP, Freeka Tet FR, Filep Motwary & Maria Mastori CY & GR, George Tourlas GR, Helen Price UK, Henrik Vibskov DK, Hideki Seo JP, Isabel Mastache Martinez ES, Issey Miyake & Dai Fujiwara JP, Jean-Paul Lespagnard BE, Josefin Arnell SE, Kim Traeger DK, Leutton Postle UK, Luis Lopez Smith UK, Mads Dinesen DK, Maison Martin Margiela BE, Manon Kündig CH, Mareunrol’s LV, On Aura Tout Vu FR, Pernilla Winberg SE, Paul Graves US, Pictoplasma DE, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello FR, Piers Atkinson UK, Rejina Pyo KR, Rick Owens US, Rozalb De Mura RO, Shin Murayama JP, Sotiris Bakagiannis GR, Takashi Nishiyama JP, The Brainstorm Design GR, Tracy Widdess CA, Toma Stenko RU, Urban Camouflage DE, Walter Van Beirendonck BE

Curation:
Vassilis Zidianakis, Angelos Tsourapas

Design:
Stamos Fafalios

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Arty Mr.Bones

Posted on December 6, 2012

Art for a charity purpose and Kiehl’s in the middle: A blend blog-worthy.
Famous New York cosmetics company Kiehl’s asked three Athenians to customize their legendary skeleton mascot Mr.Bones. Konstantinos Kakanias, Greece is for lovers and Yorgos Mazonakis did their own version each and all three “Mr. Bones” were auctioned last night at Rebecca Camhi gallery, for  the non-profit organization “Merimna”. Greece is for Lovers used blue glass eye charms, the well-known greek traditional talisman, where Yorgos Mazonakis did a Tsolias version of Mr. Bones.

Apart from the three auctioned pieces, we also had the chance to see Konstantinos Kakanias’ new series of Mrs. Tependri.
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fashion & art

Posted on July 24, 2012

The ‘arty’ side of Voukourestiou street:

Some rather pollock-like street art,  Klimt’s influence in Prada’s fall/winter 2012-2013

collection on window display and details from the
capsule collection of Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton.

Under the all-seeing eye of stylist Christos Alexandropoulos.

H Πόλις

Posted on March 21, 2012

I shared this two years ago on World Poetry day -today i’m all about the following: H πόλις Είπες· «Θα πάγω σ’ άλλη γή, θα πάγω σ’ άλλη θάλασσα, Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή. Κάθε προσπάθεια μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή· κ’ είν’ η καρδιά μου – σαν νεκρός –θαμένη. Ο νους μου ως πότε μες στον μαρασμό αυτόν θα μένει. Όπου το μάτι μου γυρίσω, όπου κι αν δω ερείπια μαύρα της ζωής μου βλέπω εδώ, που τόσα χρόνια πέρασα και ρήμαξα και χάλασα». . Καινούριους τόπους δεν θα βρεις, δεν θα’ βρεις άλλες θάλασσες. Η πόλις θα σε ακολουθεί. Στους δρόμους θα γυρνάς τους ίδιους. Και στες γειτονιές τες ίδιες θα γερνάς· και μες στα ίδια σπίτια αυτά θ’…

“Nour” by Elena Syraka

Posted on February 25, 2012

Jeweller Elena Syraka draws inspiration from the permanent collection of the Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in downtown Athens and presents “Nour”, a special collection of jewels of excellent technique and beauty, made of gold and precious stones. A wonderful exhibition in total, since each piece is displayed next to the object of the Museum’s collection that inspired it and you get to double enjoy it Exhibition ends on the 22nd of April

Lake Arrowhead Boat, 1956

Posted on February 7, 2012

somebody get this beauty

 Lake Arrowhead Boat, 1956, by Yul Brynner
(20″ x 16″ archival pigment print, edition of 15, £2,400 + VAT) 

Currently showing at Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journe

at The Little Black Gallery.  Exhibition closes this Saturday 11 February.

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The Little Black Gallery, 13A Park Walk, London SW10 0AJ
Tel: 020-7349 9332