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EXHIBITION
"Light Negative Positive - The Greekness of Chrysa"
From 14 October to 29 January 2023 · ATHENS
MOMus-Alex Mylonas Museum hosts the exhibition "Light Negative Positive - The Greekness of Chrysa".
Writing, language, communication and symbols are central to the compositions of Chrysa (Vardea-Mavromichali, Athens 1933-2013) in which the concepts of harmony, symmetry, rhythm and order are fundamental. And these elements run throughout the exhibition/new production of the MOMus-Museum Alex Mylonas entitled "Light Negative Positive - The Greekness of Chrysa".
Chrysa's creation is at the forefront of the avant-garde of American and international art in the 1950s and 1960s. Chrysa persistently and unapologetically seeks "reality" in art, ready to start over every time, to remain free and untethered, to refuse "control", to express her time.
Her work reveals the dialectical relationship she develops between the past, her cultural origins and the complexity of the materialistic, luminous world of Times Square, the culture of mass consumption and information. Through her art she explores herself and defines her identity, delves into her feminine creativity, and depicts her vital and experiential relationship with her environment and the realities in which she lives. Chrysa puts forward her own semiotics in a work which, despite its "technological" character, is profoundly poetic, remains contemporary in its truth, expressive intensity, visual and aesthetic values, and retains the power of its "symbols".
The central core of the exhibition consists of a set of drawings by Chrysa, which were donated by architect, researcher and writer Alexander Tzonis and his partner Liane Lefaivre in 2017 to the State Museum of Contemporary Art and are currently part of the MOMus collection. In 1968, Tzonis became a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and became the director of the university's new exhibition program. Among the exhibitions he organized and curated was one of Chryssa's exhibitions entitled "Light Negative Positive" in the spring of that year at Robinson Hall in Harvard Yard, which featured her neon sculptures and drawings. The works were paired with large-scale prints of drawings by Auguste Rodin from his book Les cathédrales de France (1914). The combination was intended to demonstrate Chryssa's contribution to the creation of a 'poetics' of light.
The section of these drawings presented in the exhibition at the MOMus-Alex Mylonas Museum relate to iconic compositions by Chryssa in the 1960s, such as The Gates of Times Square and Clytemnestra, as well as her compositions with "analyses" of letters of the alphabet, uniquely capturing the process and path to the completion of a work. The exhibition also includes the original poster for the 1968 exhibition designed by Chrysa, as well as characteristic works from the MOMus Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) Collections and the Alpha Bank Art Collection, as well as personal photographs of Chrysa by Eleni Mylonas, creating a comprehensive and documented picture of her work.
Curator of the exhibition.
Exhibition Advisor: Alexandros Tzonis, architect, research writer, researcher, Professor Emeritus at Delft University of Technology
Inauguration: Friday 14 October 2022, 20:00.
Friday, October 14, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022.
On Friday, 14th of October, 14th of October, from 11:00 pm:
Alexandros Tzonis, architect, research writer, researcher, Professor Emeritus at Delft University of Technology and advisor to the exhibition, will present to the public on the opening day at 7:00 pm the work of Chryssa and the days of the spring of 1968, when the exhibition "Light Negative Positive" took place in Robinson Hall at Harvard Yard.
Tours:
Tours of the exhibition "Light Negative Positive - The Greekness of Chrysa" take place every Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm.
Participation in the guided tours is subject to the admission ticket to the exhibition and it is recommended to register by calling 210 3215717 and/or [email protected]
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with texts by art theorists and historians, and a programme of parallel activities will be announced. Writing, language, communication and symbols are central to the compositions of Chrysa (Vardea-Mavromichali, Athens 1933-2013).
Reduced: 2€
Writing, language, communication and symbols are central to the compositions of Chrysa (Vardea-Mavromichali, Athens 1933-2013) in which the concepts of harmony, symmetry, rhythm and order are fundamental. And these elements run throughout the exhibition/new production of the MOMus-Museum Alex Mylonas entitled "Light Negative Positive - The Greekness of Chrysa".
Chrysa's creation is at the forefront of the avant-garde of American and international art in the 1950s and 1960s. Chrysa persistently and unapologetically seeks "reality" in art, ready to start over every time, to remain free and untethered, to refuse "control", to express her time.
Her work reveals the dialectical relationship she develops between the past, her cultural origins and the complexity of the materialistic, luminous world of Times Square, the culture of mass consumption and information. Through her art she explores herself and defines her identity, delves into her feminine creativity, and depicts her vital and experiential relationship with her environment and the realities in which she lives. Chrysa puts forward her own semiotics in a work which, despite its "technological" character, is profoundly poetic, remains contemporary in its truth, expressive intensity, visual and aesthetic values, and retains the power of its "symbols".
The central core of the exhibition consists of a set of drawings by Chrysa, which were donated by architect, researcher and writer Alexander Tzonis and his partner Liane Lefaivre in 2017 to the State Museum of Contemporary Art and are currently part of the MOMus collection. In 1968, Tzonis became a professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and became the director of the university's new exhibition program. Among the exhibitions he organized and curated was one of Chryssa's exhibitions entitled "Light Negative Positive" in the spring of that year at Robinson Hall in Harvard Yard, which featured her neon sculptures and drawings. The works were paired with large-scale prints of drawings by Auguste Rodin from his book Les cathédrales de France (1914). The combination was intended to demonstrate Chryssa's contribution to the creation of a 'poetics' of light.
The section of these drawings presented in the exhibition at the MOMus-Alex Mylonas Museum relate to iconic compositions by Chryssa in the 1960s, such as The Gates of Times Square and Clytemnestra, as well as her compositions with "analyses" of letters of the alphabet, uniquely capturing the process and path to the completion of a work. The exhibition also includes the original poster for the 1968 exhibition designed by Chrysa, as well as characteristic works from the MOMus Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) Collections and the Alpha Bank Art Collection, as well as personal photographs of Chrysa by Eleni Mylonas, creating a comprehensive and documented picture of her work.
Curator of the exhibition.
Exhibition Advisor: Alexandros Tzonis, architect, research writer, researcher, Professor Emeritus at Delft University of Technology
Inauguration: Friday 14 October 2022, 20:00.
Friday, October 14, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022.
On Friday, 14th of October, 14th of October, from 11:00 pm:
Alexandros Tzonis, architect, research writer, researcher, Professor Emeritus at Delft University of Technology and advisor to the exhibition, will present to the public on the opening day at 7:00 pm the work of Chryssa and the days of the spring of 1968, when the exhibition "Light Negative Positive" took place in Robinson Hall at Harvard Yard.
Tours:
Tours of the exhibition "Light Negative Positive - The Greekness of Chrysa" take place every Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 pm.
Participation in the guided tours is subject to the admission ticket to the exhibition and it is recommended to register by calling 210 3215717 and/or [email protected]
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with texts by art theorists and historians, and a programme of parallel activities will be announced. Writing, language, communication and symbols are central to the compositions of Chrysa (Vardea-Mavromichali, Athens 1933-2013).
Ticket Details
Normal: 4€Reduced: 2€