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Maria Fragoudaki – Human Rights

“Art altogether is nothing but a survival skill” – Thomas Bernhard

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Athens, Greece - New York, USA

Maria Fragoudaki

Maria Fragoudaki (b. 1983, Greece). The New York based interdisciplinary artist engages a variety of visual languages such as painting, sculpture, dance and performance, to create narratives that are brought to life using materials that include fabric, gypsum and paint. Inspired by the art movement of the 1960’s known as Process Art, her focus has gradually shifted from the use of paint to the material itself and how it interacts with space as well as with other materials. Maria Fragoudaki has presented her work in numerous group and solo shows throughout Europe, the US and Japan including The Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Jewish Museum of Greece, the Pinacotheque of Cyclades, Scope Miami, Scope Basel, the Historical and Folklore Museum of Aegina in Greece and the Goulandris Natural History Museum in Athens. She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree of Science in Chemistry from the University of London, where she specialized in the physical properties of materials, and also completed residencies at the School of Visual Arts, New York, in painting and mixed media. She has worked alongside Donald Sheridan, Andy Warhol’s master printer, and Andrew Ginzel, a contemporary artist known for his large scale public art and installation pieces. Her works has been acquired by private and corporate collections around the world including the Jewish Museum of Greece.

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“Art altogether is nothing but a survival skill” – Thomas Bernhard

Παρότι η ίδια η τέχνη δεν μπορεί κατά κυριολεξία να αλλάξει τον κόσμο, μπορεί να μας αλλάξει σε ατομικό επίπεδο: να μας διδάξει, να μας κάνει πιο ανεκτικούς.

Η τέχνη δεν αναπαράγει την πραγματικότητα. Κάποιες φορές την συμπυκνώνει και κάποιες την ερμηνεύει. Της δίνει νόημα και ουσία. 

Η τέχνη μας γοητεύσει με τη μοναδική συγκινησιακή της φόρτιση. Αυτή η φόρτιση, είναι παρηγοριά απέναντι στις αντιξοότητες της ζωής και υπέρβαση της καθημερινότητας. 

Η τέχνη καταργεί τις αποστάσεις, καθώς μέσα από το διαφορετικό της πρίσμα ο καθένας μας έρχεται σε επαφή με τον Άλλον, τον ξένο, τον διαφορετικό. 

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Location

New York, USA

Project

Human Rights, March 2021

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