Artist Talk with Adonis Volanakis and Depression Era collective (Petros Babasikas, Dimitris Tsoublekas, Giorgos Prinos), moderated by Kateryna Botanova
In the framework of CULTURESCAPES Greece 2017, on 19 October, The Decline of Heroes exhibition opens in Antikenmuseum Basel. Curated by Kateryna Botanova, this is a group show overlapping contemporary artistic visions of the roles of heroes with the ancient ones. Intervening into the part of permanent museum collection this exhibition shows ideals and identities shaken and shocked by multiple crises that have hit the country and made it yet again face its history.
The artists talk Athens Talking brings some of participating artists and curators togehter in the Antikenmuseum and to Fundaziun NAIRS to discuss this show, particular practices of the artists involved, and the artistic landscape on nowadays Athens.