ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ (ΜΟΥ)

Αμπέλια και χρυσές ελιές
μοιάζεις Ελλάδα μου όπως θες
φωτιά κι αέρας, στο φως της μέρας.

Τη μια ευρωπαία στο κλαρί,
την άλλη αρχαία προτομή
Γιατί, γιατί;

Γύρνα και δείξε μου τον δρόμο σου ξανά
μάτια μου, κομμάτια μου
σαν γράμμα ατέλειωτο που έσβησε ο καιρός
μ' ονόματα και χρώματα.

Γυμνά τα δέντρα, τα κλαδιά
κι έχουν πετάξει μακριά
πουλιά κι αστέρια, σε ξένα χέρια.

Ετσι ήταν πάντα μου γελάς
παιδιά είμαστε της λησμονιάς
σ' ακούω χαμένος, σαν ζαλισμένος.

Στον ουρανό σου θέλω απόψε ν' ανεβώ
να σε βρω
αγκάλιασέ με στο σκοτάδι σου να μπω
μάγισσα, σ' αγάπησα.

Στίχοι: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας
Μουσική: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας
Άλλες ερμηνείες: Χαρούλα Αλεξίου

Desire is a Golden Carrot

Umbrella Gallery Vasilis Asimakopoulos Solo Show in Leeds

UMBRELLA gallery will host an exhibition of work by London based artist Vasilis Asimakopoulos, who currently undertakes his final year at the Royal College of Art.  Curated by artist Simeon Barclay, Sorbic Acid will see the return of Asimakopoulos, who began his formative studies in the city, at the Leeds College of Art.
Vasilis Asimakopoulos explains the concept of his latest work which is going to be exhibited at the gallery:
“Sorbic Acid  is used as a key ingredient in the popular American candy bar Twinkies to re-tain, as the packet indicates,freshness. According to urban myth and Family Guy, Twinkies along with cockroaches are likely to survive a nuclear blast. 
In essence, Sorbic Acid best describes the condition of our plastic world today and the ironic hope or prediction that after an inevitable global catastrophe life will continue pleasantly. If not as we knew it, at least naturally with a twisted smile stretching from the artificial preservatives that run through the veins of our future earth. This hope is reflected in the work as projections of the future while reflecting society and life as a whole today. Materials such as polyurethane foam, tooth paste and resin emphasize the synthetic ingredients of the work, while at the same time anchor its reading as suggestive sculptural objects.”

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The Private View will take place on Thursday November 11 2010  from 6 – 9pm and the show will last until – Thursday, November 18 , 2010.
www.vasilisasimakopoulos.com/

Moniker Art Fair - Short Version

While being absent

I know it has been a while... and I am sorry that I haven't posted anything in this blog for ages! Life is really busy at the moment and loads o things have been going on!

Essays, deadlines, presentation etc. So bare with me!

Just to update you a bit:

The good news is that a big news portal : theinsider.gr has asked me to write stories that are going to be published online. This is great news as reporting for things that interest me is like a passion to me! Thus, i am extremely happy!

The website is in Greek and covers everything..from world news, to Greek news, entertainment, fashion and has a lively community of fellow bloggers as well!

What I have been doing the lately:

1. Helping out a gallery for a show

  2. I visited tree time the Royal Academy of Arts in London to see 3 exhibitions:

-->The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters

-->GSK Contemporary/Earth: Art of a changing world

-->Wild Thing: Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gill

Some pictures from

GSK Contemporary/Earth: Art of a changing world

 

I also won the exhibition's catalog which was signed by Ackroy & Harvey 

3.Visited two galleries: Modern Art Stuart Shave and Chris Avery's show

Modern Art:

Chris Avery's Show:

And outside I came across an amazing bicycle that I think is just beautiful and should be shown: 

 

4. I visited Vasilis Asimakopoulos studio at Howie Street and saw there one of his new sculptures:

 

 

 The scull that Vasilis made is still in progress and is covered with toothpaste so once you get close to the skull you can actually smell the mint that comes from the toothpaste. The skull is placed on a destroyed fridge and some pieces of wood painted in gloss paint extend from the fridge! Just stunning!

 

"Αγγίζοντας" την Keira Knightley

"Αγγίζοντας" την Keira Knightley

Art in Mind/ The Brick lane Gallery

A Sunday walk in London is one of the most pleasant experiences for me!

A walk in Brick Lane on a Sunday morning was once again a revelation! Brick Lane is like the heart that beats strong in London's East End and fuels you with ideas, images, colors, faces, sounds, smells and tastes!

A walk in the narrow streets of Brick Lane is great fun! People are selling diverse things on their self-made stands.... From food (Moroccan, Thai, Chinese, Malaysian, Fish and Chips, Turkish and so on) to clothes, art prints and rare stuff in the same market.  

With my friends we came across the Brick Lane Gallery which was presenting the show Art in Mind & Arts and Mines!! And it was just amazing! Seven talented UK  and international artists were showing their works! 

Let's have a look:

The fuel pump guns were made by Glenn Fitzpatrick and were my favorite ones! I just loved them! This installation was so powerful to me! The polemic of war was the theme of the installation in the context of the British foreign policy in the Middle East. Once again oil was ultimate subject, and the fuel pump gun was used symbolically by the artist to show the role of iconic guns which in this case was the fuel pump gun! Very nice work indeed!

For more information about the show visit: http://www.thebricklanegallery.com/