London’s most prestigious location for Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, Lahd Gallery brings to you their latest forthcoming exhibition, of works by Greek artist Irini Gonou.
Using her teaching from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Ecole des Arts Décoratifs of Paris, Gonou uses sculpture to portray her research in world culture, and the way in which she explores it. Having presented her works in a number of exhibition including the XII Biennale of Paris, Gonou brings her works to Lahd Gallery, for an anticipated 8 weeks.
This exhibition is an art quest which seeks to address and explore the healing and protective power of the written word as a specific cultural idiom and takes the form of a dialogue between Greek and Arabic culture. Using entirely natural materials such as textiles, fired clay, reeds, leaves, seed pods, eucalyptus bark and linen twine, the artist makes my her interpretations of amulets and clothing, magic bowls and talismanic objects whose poetry evoke a new magical language or realm of "written protection". The two cultures, Greek and Arabic, with their distinctive indigenous scripts, are seen in dialogue with a continuous and life-affirming exchange and cross-fertilization of influences.
The artists states; “In my latest work “Al Khatt, the magic script”, I’m exploring calligraphy as a visual element, but mostly as a protective and curative talisman.”
Using her teaching from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Ecole des Arts Décoratifs of Paris, Gonou uses sculpture to portray her research in world culture, and the way in which she explores it. Having presented her works in a number of exhibition including the XII Biennale of Paris, Gonou brings her works to Lahd Gallery, for an anticipated 8 weeks.
This exhibition is an art quest which seeks to address and explore the healing and protective power of the written word as a specific cultural idiom and takes the form of a dialogue between Greek and Arabic culture. Using entirely natural materials such as textiles, fired clay, reeds, leaves, seed pods, eucalyptus bark and linen twine, the artist makes my her interpretations of amulets and clothing, magic bowls and talismanic objects whose poetry evoke a new magical language or realm of "written protection". The two cultures, Greek and Arabic, with their distinctive indigenous scripts, are seen in dialogue with a continuous and life-affirming exchange and cross-fertilization of influences.
The artists states; “In my latest work “Al Khatt, the magic script”, I’m exploring calligraphy as a visual element, but mostly as a protective and curative talisman.”
About Irini Gonou
Irini Gonou was born in 1955 in Athens. She studied sculpture at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts and after at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs where she has also worked as a workshop assistant for two years at the section of ceramic sculpture. She lives and works in Athens.
Irini Gonou was born in 1955 in Athens. She studied sculpture at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts and after at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs where she has also worked as a workshop assistant for two years at the section of ceramic sculpture. She lives and works in Athens.
Irini Gonou: A Tale of Two Cultures
31 May -25 July 2012
London’s Lahd Gallery
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