Beauty is the Method

Group Show at the ACG Art Gallery

The Frances Rich School of Fine and Performing Arts at DEREE - The American College of Greece is pleased to present Beauty is the Method, a group exhibition curated by Sotirios Bahtsetzis at the ACG Art Gallery, which commences the DEREE Arts Festival this year.

Please join us on Friday March 13, 2015, from 7-10 p.m., for the exhibition opening and to meet the artists.

On view at ACG Art Gallery from March 13, 2015 to April 30, 2015 will be works by artists who explore the "beauty" of abstraction. The exhibition presents selected works from the ACG Art Collection in juxtaposition to contemporary artistic perspectives.

Essential part of the exhibition is a series of lecture performances to be held in the gallery space. Artists and theoreticians have been invited to critically expound on the curatorial proposal, while commenting on an exhibited work of their choice. The focus is on innovative content and experimental delivery. Both the works and the lecture-performances become the medium for investigating the production and sharing of knowledge. Lecture performances will be held on: Wednesday, March 18, Wednesday, April 1, Friday, April 3, Wednesday, April 22, Friday, April 24 and Wednesday, April 29 (times to be announced).

The exhibition presents works by Nikos Alexiou, Athanasios Argianas, Dimitris Baboulis, Dionisis Christophilogiannis, Chryssa, Vasso Gavaisse, Vassilis Gerodimos, Nick Ervinck, Dimitris Foutris, Chris Gianakos, Zoe Keramea, Kornelios Grammenos, Rowena Hughes, Hope, James Lane, Hiroshi MacDonald Mori, Giorgos Maraziotis, Eleanna Martinou, Dimitris Merantzas, Michael Michaeledes, Nina Papaconstantinou, Nikos Papadopoulos, Aemilia Papaphilippou, Joulia Strauss, Stefania Strouza, Thanassis Totsikas, Kostis Velonis.

Curated by: Sotirios Bahtsetzis

Duration: March 13 - April 30, 2015