Collection's title
Composition, 2000
Artist
Manousakis Michalis
(Chania 1953)
CV
Manousakis Michalis
(Chania 1953)
Studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1979– 84) under professor Dimosthenis Kokkinidis. He taught painting at the Children’s Department of Art, Halkida (1985–90). Since 1979, his work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and other countries (U.K., Italy, Germany, Estonia, Switzerland, Russia, Turkey, China, Japan). In 1994, he received the Prize for Best Art Stand as part of the Greek participation at the Alexandria Biennale.
In 2004, he received the second prize of the public at the Museum of New Art, Estonia, as part of an exhibition dedicated to the Athens Olympics. Since 1987, he has taught painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, since 2014 as professor and director of the 5th Painting Studio.
Υλικό
Acrylic on wood
Dimensions
50X70
Source
Gift of the artist
Description
Composition, of 2000, which shows a child as an extension of the body of the father, as a cradle, in a rocking with the sky as background, is a rendering of the tender depiction of a personal, moving moment.