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The Greek arte povera artist Nakis Panayotidis was born in 1947 in Athens and has done his education in architecture in Turin and in visual arts in Rome. Since 1974 has been living and working both in Bern and Greek island of Serifos.
In the tradition of arte povera, Panayotidis employs a great diversity of materials in his art, such as stone, straw, lead, iron, copper, and lamps etc. His art combines light and life and is never static. It always revolves around opposites that have found a moment of equilibrium. In his work, Panayotidis aims to emphasize the intrinsically permanent in momentary incidental images.
This new book is published to coincide with a major retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Fine Art Bern (November 2014 to March 2015). It features work by the artist in painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and photography. Essays are contributed by curators Matthias Frehner and Regula Berger, Italian scholar, curator and art critic Bruno Corà, and also by personal friends of Panayotidis and collectors of his work.
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Petros Markaris, geboren 1937 in Istanbul, ist Verfasser von Theaterstücken und Schöpfer einer beliebten griechischen Fernsehserie, er war Co-Autor von Theo Angelopoulos (Regisseur von Der Bienenzüchter , Der Blick des Odysseus etc.) und hat deutsche Dramatiker wie Brecht und Goethe ins Griechische übertragen zuletzt Faust I und II in Versform. Mit dem Schreiben von Kriminalromanen begann er erst Mitte der neunziger Jahre. Heute ist er die griechische Stimme in der zeitgenössischen Literatur, seine Romane erscheinen in 13 Sprachen und sind international preisgekrönt (zuletzt mit dem Pepe-Carvalho-Preis für Kriminalliteratur). Petros Markaris lebt in Athen.
Summary
A significant oeuvre in Arte Povera: the first comprehensive monograph on this Greek-Swiss artist.
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«A book as a book should be: well designed, well printed and a treasure chest full of jewels of works.» Angela van der Burght,
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«A book as a book should be: well designed, well printed and a treasure chest full of jewels of works.» Angela van der Burght, glassismore.com
