A.M.P. http://www.a-m-p.gr Andreas Melas Presents en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.a-m-p.gr/rss.xml info@A-M-P.gr info@A-M-P.gr HEAVY MAKE UP by RALLOU PANAGIOTOU http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=142























]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=142 ASHES TO ASHES through 31 July // AMP WORKS http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=139 AMP WORKS is pleased to present Ashes to Ashes, a group exhibition curated by Christopher Garrett that explores the notions of antiquity and endless sources and taboos.
Ashes to Ashes is a spectral assemblage of material facts and artefacts from Greece, carefully chosen from the antique store Martinos, and works from ten contemporary artists, where the old is exhibited back-to-back to the new. In one way or another, all participating artists use a specific source as their starting point, which they manipulate and coax until it becomes something completely different. The exhibited works are presented side by side with antiquities, a juxtaposition coming close to emulating the sort of psychedelic experience one gets while visiting Athens, with its ancient ruins shifting so easily into modern day realities.
In Martinos Art, the antique store located near the gallery, one can find fragile figures, statuettes, vases, vessels and pottery, which, rather than depict, actually bring forth the definition of humanist expression. While the artists involved think deeply and tactilely about references and associations within their own work, the artefacts exhibited can only draw upon the reference of existence and ritual as they arguably predate any other piece of “art” in time.
Ashes to Ashes is an exhibition of the unusual and circumstantiated personal interpretations of both these archaic and modern aspects of the everyday. The sources used by the participating artists to develop their work are wide-ranging and broad in scope, coming from nature (as, for instance, in Anne Eastman’s moon video and Ara Peterson’s wave patterns), speech and text (as, for instance, in Matthew Higg’s reframing of printed matter and Johanna Billing’s recordings), technology as, for instance, in Jo Jackson’s prints of cracking bowls, Hayley Tompkins’ painted laptop and cell phone, and Andrea Longacre-White’s digital photographs of photographs, choreography as, for instance, in Jennifer Cohen’s dance shoes-, found objects as, for instance, in Francis Upritchard’s second hand finds, and photography itself as, for instance, in Anne Collier’s photographic works.
The exhibition Ashes to Ashes is a conjunction of the old with the new, namely of the antique artefacts specifically selected from Martinos Art and the works by contemporary artists recontextualising their sources, a prime example of which can be seen in the Athenian culture itself.



















]]> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=139 aids-3d in Kunsthalle Athena http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=137

aids-3d
Mega Athena, 2010
cnc cut styrofoam, mdf, wooden stakes, cable ties,
350 × 330 × 330 cm

]]> Fri, 28 May 2010 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=137 EVAN GRUZIS // DIRTY BLACK SUMMER REVISITED // AMP http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=135






]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=135 PANAYIOTIS TERZIS BLUETOOTH at AMP WORKS http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=133 BLUETOOTH is a new body of work by Panayiotis Terzis. This series of drawings, lithographs and silkscreen paintings envisions the ritualistic visual culture of a near future cult obsessed with the spiritually liberating power of today’s wireless technology and lifestyle enhancing products. Inspired by the art and architecture of ancient cultures of the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean, this work relishes the banality of the imagery that surrounds us in print, on television and computer screens. BLUETOOTH celebrates these images as the unacknowledged totems and symbols of our global technologically advanced civilization.

Panayiotis Terzis was born in Thessaloniki Greece in 1983 and relocated to the suburban United States in 1990. His work has been exhibited in New York City, Montreal, Columbus Ohio, Baltimore, Rotterdam, Athens, and Istanbul. He has been featured in numerous art and comics publications, and has published several hand-made artist book editions. His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art Artist Book Library, the Brooklyn Museum, and the New York Public Library. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Bluetooth, we sing by the glow of your screens of many sizes
your touch screen response,
your voice recognition software.
The ease and convenience of your time saving technologies rain down on us
like milk from your fiber optic breast.
We leave earthly concerns behind.
Let us merge with you.
There is no need to log in as a new user.
Give us hands-free technology, retinal scans, account history.
Give us dating quiz.
Give us no fee.
We surrender our minds, our hands, our bodies.
We yearn for your cold blue embrace.
Give us hair restoration massage hat.
Give us replaceable posterior enhancing fitness pads.
Give us hi res, lo res.
Give us watch it now.
We comment freely and share with our friends.
We want high definition.
We want high definition.
Oh Bluetooth!
Let us maintain good reception
and deliver us from dropped calls.
Our cells multiply and grow into tiny towers
as they stretch towards your light.”

-Panayiotis Terzis, 2010






]]> Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=133 SUPERNATURE, An Exercise in Loads // AMP http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=126

Jannis Varelas, Rated Blue , 2009 (front),
Diohandi, Untitled, 1985 (back right)


Jannis Varelas, Rated Blue,2009


Robert Longo, Untitled (Bodyhammer:Berreta), 2008


installation view


Terence Koh, Mein Tod Mein Tod, 2005


Sophie Mackfall, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Scott Myles (from left to right), Terence Koh (front)


Lorna Macintyre (front), installation view


Dan Colen (left), Charlie Hammond (right)


Charlie Hammond (left and middle), Sophie Mackfall (right)


Gardar Eide Einarsson (left), Scott Myles (middle), Markus Amm (right)


Scott Myles, One Plus One, 2007,
Annette Kelm, Untitled (Egg), 2004


George Lappas, Phantom Limb, 2003-2010


Sterling Ruby, Physicalism – The Recombine Series, 2006


Daniel Silver, Untitled, 2008-2010


Daniel Silver, Untitled, 2008-2010,
Amy Bessone, Untitled, 2009


Daniel Silver, Untitled, 2008-2010, Guenther Brus, Selbstbemalung, 1964, George Lappas, work detail (from left to right)


Rudoph Schwarzkogler, 1 Aktion, 1965


Bournazos archive


Linder, installation view


Linder, All Star Pink (left), Untitled (right), 2008


Sophie Mackfall, Scott Myles, Linder (from left to right)


installation view


Michaela Meise (front), Jack McConville (back)


Michaela Meise, Liegende 1, 2, 3, 2007


Rudolh Schwarzkogler, Amy Bessone,
Linder (from left to right), Daniel Siver (front)


Jennifer West, Thomas Kratz, Lorna Macintyre, Dan Colen (from left to right)


Jennifer West, Naked Deep Creek Hot Springs Film (16mm film neg soaked in lithium hot springs water, Jack Daniels and pot -exposed with flashlights-skinnydipping by Karen Liebowitz, Benjamin Britton & Jwest), 2007 (right)


Jennifer West, Regressive Squirty Sauce Film (16mm film leader squirted and dripped with choco sauce. ketchup, mayonnaise & apple juice), 2007 (left)


Charles Atlas, Nevada, 1974

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]]> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=127 STEVEN SHEARER // 'POEM FOR ATHENS', 09 http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=115



]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=115 Joep Van Liefland // Frieze Art Fair // Frame section http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=113


]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=113 Rallou Panagiotou, 'DARKLANDS' // Deste Price '09 http://a-m-p.gr/post.php?id=100


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