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Kioco 2004 Sofa Feng Shui 2004 New Wave 1985 New Wave 1989
Backrest detail Desk with cabinet, drawers Sofa Modular sofas and armchairs
Pale blue double glass top, Solid wood frame in black and white lacquer, Solid wood frame, base in black lacquer,
solid limba frame stained in walnut, seat and backrest upholstered in fabric seat and backrest upholstered in fabric
stainless steel columns and fittings 190x87 h72 cm Sofa 280x280 h72 cm
250x200 h75 cm Elxis 1984 Coffee table Armchair 85x85 h72 cm
Plexiglas top, solid wood base Elxis 1984
in black and white lacquer 105x105 h40 cm Coffee table
New Wave 1989 Plate glass top, solid wood base in black
Sofa and white lacquer
Solid wood frame, base veneered in oak, 120x120 h40 cm
seat and backrest upholstered in fabric
190x87 h72 cm
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The Greek Artists at the Europalia
... Nikos Zouboulis - Titsa Grekou
The two artists make an extensive contribution to the exploration
of the field of performance using the body as well as sound,
technology and spectacle. Their work constitutes
a comprehensive performance whose actions are rendered
into sculptures.
They use a thin membrane-screen which surrounds the action
to separate memory (history) from the direct activation of the present
as represented by the spontaneity of the body.
The membrane falls down in shreds and memory dominates
the space. This is the main concept in a series of performances
in which new plastic and narrative solutions emerge each time...
Emmanuel Mavrommatis
Athens, July - August 1982
New Wave 1985 Sofas Waves 2000 Stool The Greek Artists Palindrome I Palindrome I I.C.C., Antwerp 1982
Computer generated drawing Molded plywood frame with white epoxy finish at the Europalia I.C.C., Antwerp 1982 Installation model
and white painted metal Review Still Views and stills from Installation - Performance
32x60 h100 cm by Emmanuel from Installation - With Titsa Grekou
Nikos Zouboulis on Panormos Beach, Mykonos Mavrommatis Performance Wood structure, stretched and pleated white latex
EIKASTIKA With Nikos Zouboulis columns and surfaces, fiberglass sculptures,
magazine, no 7-8, photograph transparency in double Plexiglas,
Athens, sand, electric light
July -August 1982
Music Gunther Becker
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Palindrome I
... The recurrent theme that characterises the performances
of Zouboulis-Grekou is that 'in the beginning there was action'.
However, although we are meant to consider that, in a way,
action is a substitute of thought, Zouboulis-Grekou's identification
with the primordial essence of expression goes beyond a mere
analytical statement.
One of the most spectacular manifestations of this is presented
in their 'Palindrome' series of performances. Action here is
in dialectic rapport with thought. But just as action is produced
by the incessant palpitation of their bodies on the elastic screen,
so is thought rendered as a palpitating force in time, proceeding
through innumerable projections and regressions. It is illustrated
by the use of a wide melange of images, coming from the past,
clashing with the present, merging with nature and with the most
recent technological means. Action is now emanated by a great
number of signs emerging out of the space, with man's history
and freedom as the protagonist.
The re-appropriation of all these signs into the world of action
is made in order to embody other vital materials, suitable
for transposing the relationship with art on a physical
and constructive level.
The history which lies behind the relationship of man with the making
of art is now re-enacted, but also brought into conflict with action
and with its violent, transformative qualities. At the same time,
Zouboulis-Grekou demonstrate that action as the primary form
of expression is in its turn checked by the overwhelming whole
of thought and order.
The concept of art as a 'palindrome' image of civilisation,
that Zouboulis-Grekou here articulate, reveals that every aspect
of existence and expression has a place and a function
in the complex edifice of all arts, but no position in time.
Efi Strousa
Antwerp, October 1982
Palindrome I I.C.C. Antwerp 1982 Untitled 1982 Palindrome I Retroaction Alexander Iolas House Kronos 1984
Stills from Installation - Performance Sculpture triptych Catalogue introduction Agia Paraskevi Athens 1984 Coffee table
With Titsa Grekou Fiberglass, by Efi Strousa Retroaction 1981 Interior of Athenian art collector's home
white lacquer for group exhibition Sculpture Kronos 1984
220x330 cm EMERGING IMAGES, Fiberglass, white lacquer Coffee table
Antwerp, 200x100 cm Plate glass top, MDF frame in 4 aniline colors
October 1982
Plexiglas top, MDF frame in 4 lacquer colors
Plate glass top, solid oak, white marble,
black lacquer and solid bronze
110 h32 cm
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Orpheus 1989 Coffee table Atlas 1988 Coffee Table INTERIEUR '88 Kortrijk Belgium 1988 ART & TABAC design
Computer generated drawing Plate glass top, black and white marble base 11th International Biennial of Interior Design EOS Gallery, Milan 1994
110 h40 cm Creativity Exhibition catalogue
Orpheus 1989
Coffee table Newton 1990 Coffee table Exhibition view
Plate glass top, Plate glass top, black marble base Stand of Mirodan Creation, Belgium
black and white marble and glass base 140x80 h45 cm With Atlas 1988 Coffee table
140x80 h39 cm Gemini 1984 Coffee table
Plate glass top, solid mahogany, MDF frame
veneered in stained bird's-eye maple
163x70 h33 cm
Two-piece plate glass top, MDF frame
in 3 lacquer colors
163x70 h33 cm