ART ISLANDS:Tinos-Isternia Tinos ZIG ZAG/ Festival 2021!, Part II
The contribution of Tinos island to modern Greek art, especially marble art and sculpture, is valuable. Having the northwestern part (Pyrgos, Panormos, Isternia, etc.) as a core of culture and tradition that dates back to ancient times, the island will be a major artistic center and place of origin of the major sculptors of the 19th century (Part I).
By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Alexandros Maganiotis
According to tradition, the best sculptor of antiquity, Phidias, came to Tinos and taught his art and its secrets. That is also indicated by the large amount of archeological findings. The local marble was also used for the construction of Poseidon’s and Amphitrite’s temple in Kionia. Furthermore, the quarries of the noted green marble in Tinos operated since ancient times, mostly during the Roman and the Early Christian eras. The biggest development of the marble Art, took place after the Greek revolution, in 1830, when Tinos evolved so much as to become the largest centr of marble carving in Greece. The Tinian marble sculptors made their island famous worldwide by winning a high reputation, the island is also well known for its sculptors and painters, such as Nikolaos Gysis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras. 40 Greek and International artists meet at the Isternia Tinos ZIG ZAG/ Festival 2021, at the traditional village of Isternia in Tinos. The festival revisits Tinian history through Contemporary Art, with focus on connecting artists, local residents and the public and visitors of Tinos through a collaborative exhibition and event program. The exhibition “Living marble / Beseelter Marmor” is the art exhibition part of the festival and was designed for Isternia which together with the village of Pirgos, are the center of marble in Tinos. Artists and curators from Greece and abroad retrace their relationship with material and matter, in a rough yet unexpectedly hospitable natural landscape. The exhibition expands further than the exhibition space of the Old Medical Center of Isternia to create an unexpected art walk, in and around the Isternian pathways. The viewer has the unique opportunity to explore the art and the surroundings – the arches, lintels and the unique traditional architecture. “Living marble / Beseelter Marmor ” is the exhibition part of Isternia Tinos ZIG ZAG/ Festival 2021.
Participating artists: Panagiota Antonopoulou, Dimosthenis Bogiatzis, Katerina Botsari, Frantzeska Boutsi, One Bran, Dimitris Christidis, Marilia Colibri, / Maro Fasouli, Nikos Graikos, George Harvalias, Dimitris Lempesis, Alexandros Maganiotis, Eleni Mouzakiti curated by Efi Michalarou, / Marion Fischer, Sotiris Fokeas, Thanos Fountas, Vasilis Galanis, Eleni Glini, Orestis Karalis, Marializa Kambi, Dimitris Kontodimos, Theodora Malamou, Maria Eleni Mpouka, Fiona Mouzakiti, Niklas Athanasopoulos, Despoina Pantazi, Giorgos Prentzas, / Dimitris Prokopiou curated by Konstantinos Argianas, / Basement Rats, Elio Samara, Giannis Skaltsas, Barbara Sturm, Kleopatra Tsali, Eleni Tsamadia, Michael Tzetzias, Andreas Vembos, Dimitri Yin. Participating musicians: Marc Vogel & Lukas Schiemer, Petros Christidis.
Photo: Living marble / Beseelter Marmor, Exhibition view, Isternia, 2021, Photo: Alexandros Maganiotis, © & Courtesy Alexandros Maganiotis
Info: Organizers: Georg Georgakopoulos, Elina Dallas, Fotini Kapiris, Isternia, Tinos, Greece, Duration: 19-25/7/2021
