IYP X Benaki Museum, Athens
Alexis Akrithakis, A Line Like a Wave
Curated by: Chloé Akrithaki & Alexios Papazacharias
From Alexis Akrithakis’s early psychedelic images that capture the spirit of the 1960s, the iconic “suitcase” of the 1970s, the electric-lights constructions that deconstruct painting into materials, atmospheres, and intentions, the expressionistic landscapes and the penetrating portraits, all the way to the heart-rending late works featuring the “madmen” and inmates of the Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital, the Alexis Akrithakis, A Line Like a Wave exhibition highlights the sensitivity of a multifaceted artist and a previously unknown facet of his creativity.
The Alexis Akrithakis, A Line Like a Wave exhibition, curated by Chloé Akrithaki and Alexios Papazacharias, is the first major retrospective of this important Greek artist to take place in Greece in 30 years. Among other things, it presents to the public for the first time important works from public and private collections, shedding light on the creative diversity of one of the most distinctive and idiosyncratic figures of modern Greek art.
Alexis Akrithakis (1939–1994)
Athen, 1971
wooden construction
53.6 x 39.8 x 4.2 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Antipaysage nuagee (Clouded anti-landscape), c. 1971
oil on canvas
80 x 99.7 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Entrée Libre (Free Entry), 1970
oil on canvas
144 x 201.5 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
I Fatni (The manger), 1969
assemblage on painted cardboard
16.7 x 20.2 x 5.3 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
O Thanatos (Death), 1966
tempera on paper
34 x 49 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Suitcase with beer cans, 1972
mixed media
20 x 22 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Suitcase, 1973
wood construction
75 x 88 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
The Bar
mixed media, wood, paint, mirrors, plastic flower, plaster, electrical wiring, sockets, metal chain
208.5 x 254 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Untitled (Clown with a guitar), 1987
pencil and crayon on paper
40 x 30 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Untitled, 1967
tempera, acrylic and charcoal on cardboard laid down on canvas
54.6 x 69.8 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Untitled, 1973
painted wood construction
87 x 110 cm
Irene Y. Panagopoulos Collection
Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994)
Βαλίτσα (Suitcase), 1971
oil on canvas
30 x 30 cm