ICARO Contemporary Art Gallery and Agency and Space52 are excited to present Hic Rhodus, the first group exibition of ICARO C.A.GA currated by Apostolis Artinos.

14 distinguished artists: Dionisis Christofilogiannis,  Maria Economides, , Ioanna Hatzipanigyri , Maria Ikonomopoulou, Stella Kapezanou, Apostolos Karakatsanis, Konstantinos Ladianos, Natalia Manta, Kyriaki Mavrogeorgi,  Maro Michalakakou, , Dimitris Neveskiotis,  Giorgos Tserionis, Dimitris Fragakis, and Leonie Yagdjoglou

Hic Rhodus Exhibition is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Sports                   

“The artists of the exhibition are called upon to undertake, in turn, the experience of recall within the aesthetic environment of their time. They are asked to recall the memory of the object in their work and to confront its enchantment. It is not a formalistic approach that dictates their work here, but the transparency of a decorative style that possesses its points, this flourishing decoration, the mythical saz leaf, the sailing ships, the deer and the birds. An established aesthetic environment that always affirms its truth in time.”… (Excerpt from A. Artinos text).

The sailboat of Ikaros,

Icarus / Rhodes. An emblematic ceramics factory in Rhodes – initially under Italian direction during the interwar period and later – after the liberation of the Dodecanese – under the direction of Kostas Hadjicostantis.

An attempt to modernize the local economy, but also a radical change of the product: from the utilitarian to the decorative ceramic, with an eye to the emerging tourist market. A new production line is thus set up, to revive the decorative repertoire of traditional, Ottoman ceramics that existed in large quantities in the popular and urban houses in Rhodes and especially Lindos.

On the famous plate walls of the island there were rows of ceramic plates from Iznik, Kütahya, and Çanakkale. A plethora of dishes decorated with floral motifs, with carnations and tulips, but also with sailing boats, which decorated the walls of the captains’ houses.