K-Gold Temporary Gallery presents the group exhibition “I woke with a marble head in my hands” curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis, taking up a neoclassical residence at the village of Agia Paraskevi in Lesvos.
Bas Jan Ader, Primary time, 1974, Courtesy The Estate of Bas Jan Ader _ Mary Sue Ader Andersen & Meliksetian _ Briggs, Los Angeles
The title of the sixth summer show refers to the poem by George Seferis, which, as a contemporary Odyssey, points out the continuity between past and present, and how it is inscribed in both personal experience and cultural memory.
“I woke with this marble head in my hands;
it exhausts my elbow and I don’t know where to put it down.
It was falling into the dream as I was coming out of the dream
so our life became one and it will be very difficult for it to separate again“. – George Seferis, Remember the baths where you were murdered
Daniel Everett, Preservation II, 2015, Courtesy the artist
Lesvos has a significant history of collecting that ranges from prehistoric findings of the Petrified Forest, archaeology, and folk culture to the unique collection of Tériade who opened on the island the first Modern Art Museum in Greece.
Guendalina Cerruti, Stadio, 2014, Courtesy the artist
The participating artists compose a contemporary cabinet of curiosities. Their artworks reflect on fragments of today’s society, raising questions about their role and preservation.
They highlight the therapeutic value of art in a materially saturated world and point out what do these objects – physical and digital – reveal about our identity as collectors.
Jonathas de Andrade, O Peixe, 2016, Courtesy Galeria Vermelho
Visitors are invited to follow these objects and connect the traces between myth and reality by facing their own personal limits and challenges.
Louis de Belle, Besides Faith, 2016, Courtesy the artist
The exhibition is accompanied by parallel events: dance performances, workshops for children, guided tours, screenings, and a bilingual catalog. K-Gold Temporary Gallery finally presents its photography journal “The Wild Ones” featuring Polly Brown, Diego Saldiva, Martin Sekera, Elena Subach, Daniel Everett and Christian Michael Filardo.
Άδωνης Αρχοντίδης, Bath I, 2018 Courtesy the artist
Participating artists: Joan Jonas, Ilias Papailiakis, Virginia Russolo, Bas Jan Ader, Guendalina Cerruti, Christos Delidimos, Anna Franceschini, Louis De Belle, Jonathas de Andrade, Ørjan Amundsen, Eugenia Vereli, Petter Solberg, Adonis Archontides, Sarah Cockings, and Harriet Fleuriot.
Ξένια Κογχυλάκη, JunkDance, 2019, Courtesy the artist
