Vlassis Caniaris
Vlassis Caniaris was born 1928 BirthAthens, Greece.
Lives and works in HomeAthens.
Categories: Installation art Sculpture Objects
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Seit Ende der 1950er Jahre arbeitet Caniaris, der in Rom, Paris, Berlin und zwischenzeitlich immer wieder in Athen lebte, mit Gips, Kleidungsstü-cken, Drahtfiguren und allen möglichen Überresten, die er stets auf poli-tische Verhältnisse bezieht…
Caniaris war nie an Kunst als Kunst interessiert. Vielmehr beschäftigte ihn immer die Frage, inwieweit Kunst oder besser: künstlerisches Arbeiten ein geeignetes Mittel sei, bestimmte Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen und zur Anschauung zu bringen…
?lready midway through the preceding period I turned my attention to the problem of a large and wretched population lumped together under the general name “emigrants”. On another level, it was also in some way my own personal problem…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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