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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Gallery d’Arte, 548 West 28th Street, Suite 328, New
York City proudly presents Elli Chrysidou:
Infinite Complexity Thy Name is Woman an exhibition comprised of an installation
series of double portraits. The show,
co-curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Suechung Koh, will run from September 27th through October 14th, 2016
with an Opening Reception on Thursday, September 29th from 6-8PM.
Chrysidou is a conceptual artist who works in multiple
media to produce installations that accord with
the gallery space. In her series
Dualisms she refers to multiple dualisms, or to the complexity of female, thus, she has painted the
subject of caprice and multi
dimensionality in pairs of drawings that must be viewed together. So that, Dualism
#58 of a woman with a globe and a fire breathing dragon
above her head is paired with Dualism # 33, of the same female
with an antlered deer as attribute. Chrysidou was formally
educated at the University of Fine Arts, Nancy after which she
taught art at the University of St. Etienne, from 1990-2007.
Consequently, her work is informed by the arts of this
European region but also by the German Renaissance. Because of her
admiration for Durer, Chrysidou’s often horned and spiny
creatures as seen in the dragon motif, can be seen as having been informed by the contents of
Durer’s cabinet of curiosities and his interest in Lusterweibchen a type of horned
antler chandelier sculpture that he produced with the dragon motif.
Chrysidou is painting about woman’s changeability or
flexibility, so that if we were to read the qualities attributed to the type of
animal that accompanies each of her works, we could perhaps have more insight into the
personalities, albeit stereotypical. She means for this aspect to be
viewed more as a
psychological complexity inherent in both genders but seen in the female of
this
series.
For More Information:
Gallery d’Arte, 548 West 28th Street, Suite 328, New
York, NY 10001
gallerydarte@gmail.com, pariskoh@gmail.com or call
201.724.7077
Gallery Hours: Tues-Fri: 12-6pm, Sat: 12-3pm, Sun &
Mon: Closed
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