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Odysseus Elytis: Poetry and Paintings
B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music hosts from 22nd September until the 27th November 2011 the exhibition "Odysseus Elytis: Poetry and Paintings". The exhibition presents for the first time all the paintings of the Nobelist poet Odysseus Elytis. It comprises imaginative collages, temperas and watercolours, highlighting his unique artistic personality and reflecting his aesthetic perception. Moreover, representative artworks by leading Greek artists he admired and for whom he has written excellent texts for their work, will be on display, among them: Picasso, Theofilos, Tsarouchis, Ghika, Matisse, Kapralos, Kanellis, Moralis, Derpapas and Fassianos. The exhibition is also accompanied by manuscripts and editions belonging to the poet's private collection, along with published and unpublished photographs. Most of the artworks are loaned from the Gennadius Library, the Benaki Museum, the Athens National Gallery and numerous private collections. The exhibition is organized with the valuable assistance of Ioulita Iliopoulou in curatorship by Takis Mavrotas and in cooperation with the Athens Concert Hall.
On Spetember 29th 2011 in the B & M Theocharakis Foundation Auditorium it will take place a concert dedicated to Odysseus Elytis who used to say that "it is impossible for someone to be Greek and not to love Mozart’s music". In this concert, classical music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven etc. is combined in a creative dialogue with poems from all different periods of the Nobelist poet. Three of Elytis’ poems, set to music by George Kouroupos, outline the presence of his poetry in contemporary music.
For information concerning tickets availability, prices and reservations you can contact the foundations infoline: ++(30)2103611206.
