Vlassis Caniaris

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vlassis Caniaris ( Greek Βλάσης Κανιάρης Vlasis Kanaris , * 1928 in Athens ; † March 2, 2011 ) was a Greek visual artist .

Life

Vlassis Caniaris worked in Rome from 1956 to 1960 , where he concentrated on the two-dimensional image and oriented himself towards Giorgio de Chirico . During his stays in Paris from 1960 to 1967 and from 1969 to 1973 the artist turned to the three-dimensional and material assembly. During the period of the Greek military dictatorship , Caniaris was only able to work in his home country from 1967 to 1969. In 1973 he was a DAAD scholarship holder ; He extended his stay in Berlin until 1975. In Berlin , Caniaris expanded his interest in sculptural-aesthetic issues to include a socially critical component: for his exhibition guest workers - foreign workers , he conducted interviews with migrants , trade unionists and economists .

Publications

  • Concrete realism. Sketch of an artistic strategy. Catalog raisonné 1952-1983 . Together with Michael Fehr. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 1991,
    ISBN 3-928342-09-6

literature

exhibition

Holdings
Solo exhibitions
  • 1970: Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
  • 1972: Moderna Museet , Stockholm
  • 1975: Guest workers - foreign workers , New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin
  • 1975: Guest workers - foreign workers , art association, Ingolstadt
  • 1975: Guest workers - foreign workers , Municipal Gallery, Erlangen
  • 1976: Institute of Contemporary Arts , London
  • 2010: Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
  • 2012: Society for Contemporary Art , Bremen

Web links

swell

personal data
SURNAME Caniaris, Vlassis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kanaris, Vlasis; Κανιάρης, Βλάσης (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2011