Chronis Botsoglou - Retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros, 02.07 - 01.10 2023

Chronis Botsoglou - The uncompromising sincerity of empathy 02.07 - 01.10 2023, Museum of Contemporary Art, Andros

This summer, the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation presents at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Andros a retrospective exhibition dedicated to Chronis Botsoglou, titled "The uncompromising sincerity of empathy", from July 2, 2023 through October 1, 2023.

On Sunday July 2, 2023, the first day of the exhibition, admission will be free of charge.

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "Woman in the mill", 1983. Oil on canvas, 180 x 200 cm. Collection of Athena Aidini

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "Self-portrait", 2016. Oil on canvas, 18 x 13 cm. Private Collection

 

Chronis Botsolgou (1941-2022) was one of the most important figurative artists of contemporary Greek art. The retrospective exhibition in Andros will feature more than 100 oils, pencil drawings, pastels, watercolours, bronzes, brasses and plasters from 1953 to 2018, revealing more than 65 years of a highly productive artistic journey.

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "Self-portrait", circa 1970-1973. Oil on cardboard, 22 x 22 cm. Private collection

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "Pregnant", 1972. Tempera on paper, 100 x 73 cm. Private Collection

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "The painter Francis Bacon / Bacon who paints (theatricality)", 2005. Oil on canvas, 145 x 149 cm. Sotiris Feliu Collection - "The Other ... Arcadia" Foundation

 

The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual catalogue, in Greek and English, featuring texts by the exhibition’s curator Marie Koutsomallis-Moreau, a detailed chronology, statements by Botsoglou and photographs, most of them unpublished, provided by the artist’s family.

Guided tours of the exhibition in Greek and English will take place in August and creative workshops for children of different ages (3-4, 5-7, 8-12) as well as family guided tours have been scheduled from mid July until the end of August.

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "A personal Nekyia no. 15", 1993-2000. Oil pastel, hagiography powders and dry pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 152.5 × 105 cm. Collection of Sotiris Feliu - "The other ... Arcadia" Foundation

 

Chronis Botsoglou (1941-2022), "The painter Vincent van Gogh in the moonlight", 2008. Oil on canvas, 200 x 100 cm. Private collection