from 31 May 2025 to 27 July 2025 at Τρίτη – Σάββατο 9:00 π.μ. έως 2:00 μ.μ. Τετάρτη και Σάββατο 5:30 μ.μ. έως 8:30 μ.μ. Κυριακή 10:00 π.μ. έως 2:00 μ.μ.
Exhibition "Yiannis Moralis. Figures"
Description :
The exhibition “Yannis Moralis. Figures”, organised jointly by the Victoria Karelias Collection of Traditional Greek Costumes and the Society for the Study, Research and Promotion of modern-Greek Art / Yannis Moralis Studio, introduces visitors to the eminent Greek artist with a focus on his special interest in depicting the human figure and in a visual counterpoint and dialogue with the exhibits of the Collection.
Yannis Moralis was a multifaceted artist -painter, sculptor, printmaker, stage designerwho had a decisive influence on Greece's post-war art scene and left his indelible mark on the country's artistic developments. Paintings with oil on canvas, acrylic, tempera, prints, drawings and studies, sculptures and ceramic works depicting people emerge from the artist's personal experience to put together
the mosaic of a lifetime's research on the human figure.
Moralis cultivates an anthropocentric art. Painted in frontal or side view and rendered in serene, simple ways, at once familiar and distant, his faces train their penetrating gaze on us. The inwardness of his figures and an introspective mood characterise the portraits throughout
a creative course during which he constantly experimented with forms, materials and techniques.
The faceless local costumes from the permanent exhibition of the Victoria Karelias Collection, with their special and multilevel cultural charge, act as a social background and converse with the artist's portraits in a conceptual dialogue between traditional and contemporary art, anonymous folk creations and signed artworks, functional handicraft and visual work; a dialogue that generates interesting aesthetic experiences and poses questions about necessities, socioeconomic context and their connotations.
Organizers :
The Victoria G. Karelias Collection of greek traditional costumes was created, initially as a private collection, by the founding member and long-standing president of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women of Kalamata, V. Karelias. The fruit of 50 years of dedicated effort, it was bestowed on the Lyceum, to be henceforth curated by an institution widely recognised for its contribution to the preservation and promotion of Greek tradition. Ever since, as a token of gratitude and based on a unanimous decision of the Administrative Board of the Lyceum, it has born the name of the collector.
The Collection hosts, among other things, periodic exhibitions of important Greek artists that, in contrast to the permanent exhibits, prove that tradition is not a sealed space but a living organism that constantly and diversely interacts with its wider environment and is rediscovered over and over again over the course of time.
The Society for the Study, Research and Promotion of Modern Greek Art – Yannis Moralis Studio is a non-profit company, which was established in 2019, based in Yannis Moralis' studio in Athens. Its aims are purely cultural, artistic, research and educational. Its object of activity is the study, recording, promotion and protection of the artistic work of Yannis Moralis, who decisively influenced the landscape of post-war art in Greece both with his work and his teaching.
Organization:
Lyceum Club of Greek Women of Kalamata – The Victoria Karelias Collection of Traditional Greek Costumes
Society for the Study, Research and Promotion of Modern Greek Art – Yannis Moralis Studio
Curator:
Niki Dafni, Tasos Koutsouris
Coordination:
Gina Karelia, Sissy Angelopoulou, Christina Morali, Angelos Moretis
Exhibition design:
Spyros Nasainas
Graphic applications:
Ritsa Anastasiadou
Digital applications:
Yannis Mathioudakis, Niki Dafni
Communication sponsors:
ERT3, ERT Kalamata
Place :
The Victoria Karelias Collection Of Traditional Greek Costumes
Other info :
Operating hours
Tuesday – Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday and Saturday 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
