«October Show» @ IFAC ATHINA
Extended until November 19
IFAC Athina, having run a seven-year trajectory of tracing and engaging with the multi-layered cartographies of contemporary art, returns to capturing the uninterrupted immediacy of now through The October Show. Originally scheduled to end on November 12, the exhibition has been extended to November 19 due to particularly enthusiastic participant engagement and public reception.
Defining our present-day Octobers, the show brings together theoretical inquiry and art practice to re-address the curatorial process and articulate the historical – social, political, and aesthetic – realities which encompass it.
Under this prism, The October Show is set out as a meta-situationist environment which
embraces the uninterrupted flow of energy as the unifying element and appropriates free
association as the methodological link between the works and the viewers.
Bringing together artists of different media, styles and movements in order to initiate a dialogue on contemporary art in Greece, the exhibition shifts the production of meaning from externally imposed narratives to the structural interaction of participants. In this experimental curatorial venture, Athens becomes the catalyst that communicates the essence of the unity of art with life.
The October Show signals the beginning of a new era for IFAC Athina, which returns with a renewed art program after its partial absence during the pandemic.
The exhibition will conclude on 19th of November 2022 with the Saturday Salon: The October Show event from 14:00 to 20:00.
After the exhibition, a limited-edition catalogue of the show will be published.
Curated by Alia Tsagkari
Participating Artists: Anestis Anestis, Dafni Atha, Christoforos Botsis, Alexandros Georgiou,
Nikos Kanarelis, Peggy Kliafa, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Melina Kremezi, Miltos Manetas, Leandros Pigades, Artemis Potamianou, Ariana Darvis Tabar, Katerina Skassi, Lydia Venieri, and WOOZY.
*The site-specific installation by Miltos Manetas, involves works by the artists: Loukia Alavanou, Lizzie Calligas, Sokratis Fatouros, Yorgia Karidi, Kalliopi Nikolou, Leda Papacostantinou, Angelos Papadimitriou, Maria Papadimitriou, Panos Papadopoulos, Theokritos Papadopoulos, Ilias Papailiakis, Eva Papamargariti, Aemilia Papaphilippou, Angelo Plessas, Poka Yio, Madalina Psoma, Georgia Sagri, Danae Stratou, Panos Tsagaris, Jannis Varelas, Costas Varotsos, Kostis Velonis, Vana Xenou, Yioula Xatzigeorgiou, and the writer Apostolos Artinos.
IFAC ΑΤΗΙΝΑ
IFAC Athina was launched as a satalite studio/project space at GALAXIA 11 in the Neo Kosmos neighborhood of Athens Greece. It was founded by the artist Lee Wells (b.1971), a conceptual artist, curator and writer whose work ranges from painting, drawing and photography, to video and new media. His work focuses primarily on dialogues surrounding systems of power and control in society.
IFAC ATHINA is an important project of IFAC (International Fine Arts Consortium), an independent curatorial platform and agency which was founded in 1996. A Duchampian semi-nomadic project space functioning in the real and virtual worlds through a broad based international network experts that seek to expand the dialogue in the arts and the avant garde.
IFAC brings more than 25 years of experience working with top auction houses, international art fairs, private dealers, galleries, curators, and most importantly artists to assisted in the acquisition and sales of primary and secondary market artworks and has consulted for public and private art collections, institutions, estates, and archives.
Through this multifaceted approach IFAC is able to present and support a dynamic program of emerging, experimental and under discovered artists dedicated to addressing important conceptual, aesthetic and social issues.
IFAC has globally exhibited the works of 1000’s of emerging and established artists in 100’s of exhibitions, screenings, performances and events. Some prestegious institutions and festivals include the Venice Biennale, Guggenheim Museum, NCCA Moscow, Mykonos Biennale, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, PS1/MoMA, The Hermatage Museum, Arlington National Cemetary, Liverpool Biennale, Lincoln Center, and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. IFAC projects have also been featured in more than 30 international art fairs including: Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show, Art Cologne, Art Chicago, Scope Art Shows, Volta, Pulse, Palm Beach Contemporary, Art Miami, Art Hamptons, New York Print Fair, Art of the 20th Century, Circa Puerto Rico.
Core projects include: IFAC Athina, Perpetual Art Machine, Peanut Underground, Artists Meeting Arts Collective, Artists Network, and Loft In The Red Zone.
I.D. OF THE EXHIBITION
TITLE: The October Show
CURATOR: Alia Tsagkari
Participating Artists: Anestis Anestis, Dafni Atha, Christoforos Botsis, Alexandros Georgiou,
Nikos Kanarelis, Peggy Kliafa, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Melina Kremezi, Miltos Manetas, Leandros Pigades, Artemis Potamianou, Ariana Darvis Tabar, Katerina Skassi, Lydia Venieri, and WOOZY.
Duration of the Exhibition: until 19/11/2022
Gallery: IFAC ATHINA, 11 Galaxia Str, Neos Kosmos
Dates: every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, from 14.00-20.00, until 19/11
Entrance: free
More Infos: www.ifacarts.com
