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In more ways than one A visual art exhibition by Eleni Daferera at the Consulate General of Greece in New York

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

On December 4, we had the pleasure of hosting in our Hall the opening of the exhibition In more ways than one, by the Greek visual artist, architect and interior designer Eleni Daferera.

Two myths, one on the Germanic ‘Perchta’ and one on the Greek ‘Nereid’ kindled the artist’s inspiration for this exhibition. The Nereid and Perchta, all female, are known for changing shape and form. The Nereid appears in and near water in Greece in the dim light of late fall, while Perchta can be seen in the dark, cold and stark Austrian winter forest. Both seem to create diverse and mixed emotions in the hearts of their viewers.

As the title suggests, Daferera’s “heterogenous materials and figures are morphed together into an intensive whole, illuminated by a fading light, looming over almost the entire body of her works”. Visual artist Katerina Spathi continues: “the work is an explosion of colors swirling around a luminous core”.

Through her work, the artist contemplates on how human identity itself is built – and how this identity, as well as femininity is influenced by living in different countries and places around the world.

Eleni Daferera was born in Greece and graduated from the Athens Technical University. She continued her studies in the United Kingdom where she got her master’s from the London Guildhall University, School of Art, Architecture and Design. Austria was her next stop where she studied close to the renowned Austrian artist Gunter Damisch in the Fine Arts Academy of Vienna. Today, Eleni shares her time between New York, her adopted home and Paros Island in Greece.

The exhibition runs through December 18 and you can feel free to visit us ‘more times than one’!

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