Description
Original Large Exhibition Poster
of Greek Artist
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas
GHIKAS
January 23 – March 1st 1984
Gallerie 3, Kolonaki – Athens
Language: Greek
Dimension: 86cm x 58 cm
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas (1906 – 1994), also known as Nikos Ghika, was a leading Greek painter, sculptor, engraver, writer and academic. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, International Association of Art Critics. He studied ancient and Byzantine art as well as folk art due to his adoration for the Greek landscape. During his youth he was exposed in Paris to the avant-garde European artistic trends and he gained recognition as the leading Greek cubist artist. His aim was to focus on the harmony and purity of Greek art and to deconstruct the Greek landscape and intense natural light into simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes. His works are featured in the National Gallery (Athens), the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and in private collections worldwide.
Gallery 3 was founded in 1980 and offered art events until the end of 2007 after 27 years of operation. The intention of Gallery 3 was to present the most characteristic visual trends of the newest and contemporary art, but also to highlight important older creators through new perceptions. With this reasoning, works by older artists such as Theophilos, Parthenis, Bouzianis, Halepas were presented, but also happenings, installations, works of video art and visual poetry, as well as painting, sculpture and engraving by established and newer artists. Gallery 3 also organized exhibitions of foreign artists in Greece (Arman, A.R. Penck, Carlos Munoz), collaborated with the Fondation Danäe in Pouilly, France (Dafni Kostopoulou, Nikos Alexiou) and participated every year in Art Athina.
The goal of Gallery 3 was, on the one hand, to bring to light works that are less or better known by highlighting their timeless parallels and contrasts, on the other hand, to support young artists by presenting, through their experimentation, concerns and reflections, works that shape contemporary visual art.