Untitled, 2002
Marios Spiliopoulos (Polygyros, Halkidiki, b. 1957) studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, where he has been teaching since 1991. He represented Greece in three European Capitals of Culture (Glasgow 1990, Madrid 1992, Copenhagen in 1996). 2nd Istanbul Biennale. In 1994 he was awarded the Grand Prix d ’Alexandrie at the 18th Alexandria Biennale. He has presented his works in many solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His works are in private and public collections in Greece, Turkey, Belgium, France, Poland, England, Germany, Israel, Denmark and the USA.
"Clinically, they said that he's an Epirot ...". In red lettering, the inscription cancels out the image of condensed meanings which Marios Spiliopoulos has constructed in order to speak about Epirus, as a well-known provocateur, self-styled cartographer, and conceptual artist. A light box, as if from a page of a life-style magazine, like a poster, and like a barker for the exhibition. The polysemy and the multi-dimensional nature of the symbols in his art serve to reinforce the idea and the function itself of the work.
Τhe work was created for the exhibition 'Sketching out Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday. Young Greek Artists: A tribute to Prefecture of Yiannena".' held at the Averoff Museum of Modern art, at Metsovo in 2002.
