The inspiration for this painting unit derives from simple images of everyday life, objects and products filtered through the aesthetic stimuli of the internet. They are rendered here spontaneously with a few clean brush strokes and through a palette of three colors, white, black and a shade of light red. Part of the creative process […]

Kostas Bassanos in his solo exhibition at Elika Gallery titled The Middle of Nowhere presents a series of works and an in situ installation, where it deals with the concept of space as it is defined and derived from textual references. The artist continues his research on the spatial properties of the text, its materiality, and concepts […]

The visible red light has the longest wavelength, while red falls last in the visible light spectrum order. This visual phenomenon, observed during the afternoon hours, was the reason for Alexandros Laios to detect marginal moments and snapshots of the day. Starting with the appearance of an unexpected trace and slowly reaching the sunset both […]

Elika Gallery presents Summer Inn Paradise Revisited with works by Angela Svoronou and Marinos Tsagkarakis. The tourist resorts of the Northeastern coast of Crete have been the point of reference for the encounter of the two visual artists. At different moments and by employing a distinct aesthetic approach, they capture in this exhibition the results […]

The installation focuses on networks of invisible aqueducts, extending under archaeological sites, on subway tunnels, as well as on the excavation tracks formed by the archaeologists. It is an environment composed by three-dimensional, wall-mounted sculptures, associated with urban myths of the city. Station Retrograde, emits an allegory regarding the definition of retrogression. Throughout excavations and […]

Even as she opens up her work to textiles and, more significantly perhaps, to the inclusion of text, the works on show also indicate the continuity of her concerns, formal as well as conceptual. Following from her previous show in the gallery, objects are once again cast in a lead role in the exhibition. Their […]

Where do pigeons go when they die? Who will feed the cats? Why does Asklipiou street always lead to Alexandras avenue? How long does a minute last? “Rendering the Sky”, is the title of Myrto Xanthopoulou’s third solo exhibition at Elika Gallery. Small and bigger size installations compose an attempt to explore an uncharted territory. Beyond […]

Vangelis Gokas presents his new solo exhibition including pieces of the last two years; mostly small size paintings on wood or fabric. Avoiding the grandiosity, –which evolves around form, style, subject-, that the art of painting has largely been associated to in the past, the artist has chosen to comment on himself as a painter. […]

Throughout the years, from 5th century BC Chinese poetry and all the way to the apogee of the western landscape painting, -somewhere between romanticism and impressionism, unfolds the idealization of the relationship between Man and Nature. Different societies, at different periods of their own history, develop views of the world and the surrounding landscapes that […]

With his second solo exhibition at Elika gallery, Jack Burton re-examines the way one perceives contemporary photography today. Always starting with his very own photographs, he creates collages on aluminium surfaces, a material that is clean and cold, and doesn’t let the compositions settle into something cozy and familiar. Having assimilated the rules of photography, […]