Recto / Verso: From Byzantium to Modernism

Fri Mar 20, 2015 to
Fri May 08, 2015

Time: See Description

Location

Evagoras Lanitis Centre
Vasilissis Street
(Medieval Castle Area)
Limassol, Limassol

Description

The exhibition under the title «Recto / Verso: From Byzantium to Modernism" opens its doors on March 20 at Evagoras Lanitis Centre in Limassol.

The exhibition focuses on the two-sided icons (Recto/Verso), which bear representations of the Virgin with Child at their front side and the Crucifxion at their back. It hosts hagiographic treasures from churches and monasteries of the Limassol diocese, covering a wide stylistic and chronological spectrum spanning from the twelfth to the nineteenth century as well as works by contemporary Cypriot artists, reinterpreting the Byzantine iconography of the Mother of God and the Passion Cycle through the perspectives of Modernism.

Artists:
Maria Andreou, Savvas Christodoulides, Andreas Chrysochos, Marianna Constanti, Adamantios Diamantis, George Erotokritos, Tatiana Ferahian, Georghios Pol. Georghiou, Erato Hadjisavva, Yiota Ioannidou, Michael Kasialos, George Kotsonis, Andreas Makariou, Angelos Makrides, Antonis Neophytou, Lefteris Olympios, Andreas Paraskeva, Stass Paraskos, Andreas Savvides, Rinos Stefani, Lefteris Tapas, Susan Vargas, Panagiotis Vittis, Constantinos Zannetos

The exhibition will be inaugurated by the Director of Cultural Services Pavlos Paraskevas, on Friday, March 20, at 20.00.

Opening hours
Daily: 9:00 - 13:00 & 17:00 - 21:00
Saturday - Sunday: 14:00 - 21:00
Closed on Monday