INTER-CHANGE

WHEN ART CONVERSES WITH MAN

17/6 - 26/6/2010

SMART – A. ISMAILOS S.A., MAROUSSI

Curator: Anthi Valsamaki, iconographer

An exhibit of forty hand-made icons, works which support mastering the art of hagiography by Varvara Vervenioti, Rallou Koussi, Constantina Sarantakou, and Nikos Sarris, were exhibited – all interspersed with Mercedes cars and accessories. The students created the icons in one year's time during their studying of hagiography in workshop held by Mrs. Anthi Valsamaki.

Due to this special exhibition an opportunity was offered to customers and potential customers to visit and enjoy contemporary works which were created according to the classical Byzantine style. Additionally, viewers had the opportunity to become familiarized with "state-of-the-art" automobile technology.

The objective and ambition of the exhibition was to demonstrate the opportunity and prospect of cooperation's between Greek firms and cultural enterprises and how they can be related to socially oriented establishments.