Panos Charalambous

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Panos Charalambous ( Greek Πάνος Χαραλάμπους , * 1956 in Akarnania , Aetolia-Akarnania ) is a Greek painter, concept , installation , sound and performance artist .

life and work

Panos Charalambous came from a family of tobacco farmers. From 1981 he studied sociology at the University of Athens and then from 1983 to 1988 at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), where he was a student of Nikos Kessanlis. In 1992 he began to teach at ASFA, from 2002 as a professor of painting. Panos Charalambous has been dean at ASFA since 2014 .

Charalambous mainly dedicates himself to the three subject areas of tobacco, fishing and folk dance. In 1987 he began to create pictures and installations that deal with the tobacco plant and the history of tobacco production in Greece. From 1990 to 1995 he created a series of installations that deal with the fishing on Lake Amvrakia in his homeland Aetolia-Acarnania and in which he combines tools used by fishermen with other materials. This complex of topics also includes a photographic self-portrait showing Charalambous with fish in their hands at the lake. His work on the topic of Greek dance, to which he has dedicated himself since the late 1990s, also includes self-testimonies, such as self-made videos and photos that show, among other things, Charalambous as a folk dancer. The focus of his artistic work is the search for the Greek identity between tradition and the modern present.

At documenta 14 , Flatus Vocis (2017), an audio happening , and Voice-o-Graph (2017), a performance and installation, were presented. Panos Charalambous, Eva Stefani and Zafos Xagoraris will play in the Greek Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia in 2019 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ekaterini Kepetzis: Charalambous (Charalampous, Haralambous), Panos . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Addendum 5, Saur, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-025443-3 , p. 119.
  2. ↑ Arts in Greece | Panos Charalambous on the 180 year history of Athens School of Fine Arts , accessed May 7, 2019. (English)
  3. ↑ documenta 14 Panos Charalambous , accessed on May 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ La Biennale di Venezia National Participations , accessed on May 6, 2019. (English)
    Panos Charalambous, An Eagle Was Standing on YouTube , accessed on May 11, 2019 (installation, dimensions variable; performance, Pavilion of Greece 58th Biennale di Venezia ).
personal data
SURNAME Charalambous, Panos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Akarnania Aetolia-Akarnania