Petros chrisostomou biography of albert
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FAR & WIDE National
Filed in Exhibitions, Past Exhibitions by admin on June 16, 2018
In the Press
June 16 – July 15, 2018
Reception: Saturday, June 23, 4 – 6 PM
Panel Discussion with juror Daniel Belasco: Sunday, July 1, 4 PM
MAIN GALLERY
JUROR: Daniel Belasco, Executive Director, Al Held Foundation
AWARDS: Arthur Harris Best in Show Award $500, Nicholas Buhalis Award $500
FAR & WIDE has been an important regional exhibition for the past 7 years. This year FAR & WIDE expands its reach to encompass artists living and working within all 50 states of the U.S. With this bold move into the future, WAAM stakes its claim to national significance as it approaches it centennial anniversary in 2019. The theme for FAR & WIDE National is “little big things” and with its 24” size limit for submissions challenges artists to demonstrate how much emotional impact and conceptual depth they can convey in a small work. The j
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LPA La FAYE – 87500 St-Yrieix-la-Perche Samuel BESSE – 2ABIL This document is a photograph bygd Petros Chrisostomou. He is a British artist born in London in 1981 Ce document est une photographie de Petros Chrisostomou. C'est un artiste britannique né à... More
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Petros Chrisostomou: Three that make it "4"
Petros Chrisostomou constructs hybrid spaces, combining the concerns of artist, sculptor and curator. His work, as much sculptural as photographic, draws inspiration from concepts of hyperreality. These works not only revel in signs and symbols – the simulacra of contemporary life, they transcend that postmodernist trope of the simulacrum, offering distinct traces of the skewed realities of the Dadaists or fantasies of the Surrealists. These qualities are underpinned and stabilised by the architectural accuracy of his miniature interiors, which draw from broad influences, from classical Palladian or a White Cube gallery space, to the contemporary commercial kitsch of fast-food joints, or even a depiction of his childhood home as in the 18 Fortis Green series. The self-constructed model interiors contain life-size objects and within this context, the objects are transformed into oversized sculptures, surreal representations of themselves