T H E   W O R K   :  M a r o  M i c h a l a k a k o s   1 9 9 8
Click on a thumbnail to see a full image of each piece.
 
 
Untitled, 1998.  
Sofa with velvet. 
120 cm x 78 cm x 60 cm		  
Untitled, 1996.  
Chairs with velvet. 
100 cm x 35 cm x 75 cm		  
Untitled, 1996.  
Chairs with velvet. 
100 cm x 35 cm x 75 cm
 
Untitled (detail), 1996.  
Velvet. 
300 cm x 135 cm		  
Untitled (detail), 1997.  
Velvet. 
300 cm x 135 cm		  
Untitled, 1997.  
Velvet. 
138 cm x 135 cm
 
Untitled, 1998.  
Velvet framed with glass. 
58 cm x 28 cm		  
Untitled, 1995.  
Drawing with velvet. 
50 cm x 70 cm		  
Untitled, 1997.  
Drawing with velvet. 
129 cm x 100 cm
 
Untitled, 1998.  
Velvet. 
345 cm x 135 cm		    



M a r o  M i c h a l a k a k o s   1 9 9 8

My main medium is crimson velvet, highly evocative of the space of theater, church, pageantry, and even more of murky period interiors. The velvet that recalls curtains, carpets, interior decoration, priestly garb, theater, movie, or opera screens (sites of performance toward the public), gives an impression of separation, isolation. My enterprise is one of disclosure. By using surgical instruments I shave away the fabric's pile to expose the "skin". It is through removal that the forms appear.




A R T I S T ' S   R E S U M E   :  M a r o  M i c h a l a k a k o s   1 9 9 8
 

Born in 1967, living and working in Athens, Greece.

Studies

1987-93        Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts de Cergy -Pontoise, Paris, France.

1988-89        Hochschule fur Bildende Kunst, Braunschweig, Germany.

Individual Exhibitions

1998             Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens, Greece.

1996             Gallery Patricia Dorfmann, Paris.

Collective Exhibitions

1998             "Fetich and Fetichisme" Passage de Retz, Paris, France.

1998             Zaimi 54, Athens, Greece.

1997             Showroom II, Gallery Patricia Dorfmann, Paris.

1996             Showroom I, Gallery Patricia Dorfmann, Paris.

1995             Story-Time
                     Cultural Center Melina Merkouri, Athens, Greece.
                     Icthys
                     Gallery Pieridis, Athens.

1994             Municipal Cultural Center, Athens.

1993             First exhibition of young artists, Greek Ministry of Culture.
                     Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Arts de Cergy-Pontoise under the auspices of the Municipal
                     Council Du Val d’Oise, France.

1991             Europe d’Art d’Art.
                     Festival d’Art de Niort, France.
                     Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, Paris.

1990             109 (sang neuf), ENAC- Municipal Council Val d’Oise, France.

1989             Die Voigt Klasse.
                     Gallery Kleine HBK, Braunsweig, Germany.

Collections

1998             FNAC (National funds for Contemporay Art, France).

1998             Hary David Collecion, Athens, Greece.

1998             Ageliki Fragos Collection