7th Song for Maldoror

Alexis Akrithakis

Christos Delidimos Dora Economou

Jan Fabre Eleni Kamma

David Kennedy Cutler Matt Mullican

Xavier Noiret-Thomé Maria Polyzoidou

Joe Scanlan

curated by Alexios Papazacharias

bijoux de

kant

from left to right: Christos Delidimos, Eleni Kamma, Xavier Noiret-Thomé, Dora Economou

Matt Mullican, Eleni Kamma

Jan Fabre, Christos Delidimos, Maria Polizoidou, Matt Mullican

Xavier Noiret-Thomé, Dora Economou, Joe Scanlan, David Kennedy Cutler, Jan Fabre

Joe Scanlan, Alexis Akrithakis, Dora Economou, Christos Delidimos, Jan Fabre

Joe Scanlan, Alexis Akrithakis, Dora Economou, Christos Delidimos

List of Works Alexis Akrithakis Untitled,1975, carbon paper on paper drawing, 29,7Χ42 cm Untitled,1975, carbon paper on paper drawing, 29,7Χ42 cm Black Heart,1977, pencil on paper, 17Χ11 cm, courtesy of Fofi Akrithaki, Athens Christos Delidimos Birds of Paradise, 2012, mixed media construction, 15Χ5Χ7 cm courtesy of the artist Dora Economou Blood Simple, 2006, wood, 9 parts courtesy of the artist Jan Fabre Sperma Verkakling, 1997, pencil and semen on paper, 29,7Χ21 cm Je suis sang (inferi tremendi), 2002, pencil and blood on paper, 29.7X21 cm courtesy of AD gallery, Athens Eleni Kamma UNDERMINER V, 2012, snakeskin covered fishing stick, 387 cm courtesy of the artist David Kennedy Cutler Black Mirror, 2007, wood, petri dish filled with oil-clay, edition of 200, 22 x 11 cm courtesy of private collection, Athens Matt Mullican Untitled (Doll and Dead Man), 1973, 2 black and white photos in 1 frame, 29Χ32 cm Untitled 1996, graphite on paper, 42,5Χ29 cm Untitled 1996, graphite on paper, 42,5Χ29 cm courtesy of private collection, Athens Xavier Noiret-Thomé Vase Patinir , 1995, ceramic sculpture, fresh amaryllis flower, 31Χ23 cm courtesy of private collection, Athens Cassandra, 2008-2009, mixed media on canvas, 30Χ30 cm courtesy of the artist

Maria Polyzoidou Untitled, 2009, oil on canvas, 120Χ150 cm Joe Scanlan VERRE DE TERRE, 2006, Limoges porcelain, brass, edition of 50, 134Χ50Χ34 mm courtesy of private collection, Athens

Press Release

7th song (for Maldoror) an exhibition by bijoux de kant

27, 28, 29, 30 September & 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 October 2012

venue: Specially Configured Underground Level of MCF, Athens

The exhibition 7th song (for Maldoror) is inspired and realized on the occasion the performance of bijoux de kant lautréamont – maldoror: Commendation of a Metamorphosis. If the performance is a mis en scène proposal of the 6 songs of Maldoror, a text of unique value and importance, the exhibition is a hypothesis of a possible version of a 7th not written part of Comte de Lautréamont’s masterpiece. For this song, the lyrics are shaped through artistic gestures, intentions and decisions, which are transformed into objects and images, works of Greek and international artists. The body and its image, the body and its absence, the image and its lack, are dipoles between which, the artworks are moving as intentions, acts and results. The works of art, poetic texts, sculptures, paintings, objects or drawings, slip from an individual and personal artist’s statement, into a version of reality that seems to exist in every single human as well as in all together collectively and simultaneously. In this reality identity is not the subject anymore and existence emerges as a question of presence or/and absence, decisions and traces.

participating artists Alexis Akrithakis

Christos Delidimos Dora Economou

Jan Fabre Eleni Kamma

David Kennedy Cutler Matt Mullican

Xavier Noiret-Thomé Maria Polyzoidou

Joe Scanlan

curated by Alexios Papazacharias

The exhibition can be visited during the audience’s exit, after the performance’s ending.

all images courtesy of Margarita Myrogianni and bijoux de kant, Athens all texts courtesy of Alexios Papazacharias and bijoux de kant, Athens

©bijoux de kant 2012 www.bijouxdekant.com