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01 October, 2013

Exaggeration

Until November 16th 2013, eleven Athenians (artists, architects, illustrators and designers) present the exaggeration they have distinguished in the city, within the framework of an exhibition entitled "Exaggeration", at the ArtWall Project Space in Athens.

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Ani Krikorian.

Visual interpretations of images, places or incidents that exceed the predetermined limits of the beautiful or the ugly, converse in the exhibition space. They comment on the mosaic of Athens' material, observing its structure and eventually play with the vague limits of the city, turning it into an immense landscape of exaggerations.

Already since the foundation of the newer Athens, the truths have lost their temper. The urban planning seems to stress the exaggeration of the ancient glory and, at the same time, to set the bases for the creation of daily exaggerations of the contemporary city.

Exaggeration runs throughout Athens, from the last remnants of Kypriadis' garden-city to the slaughterhouses at Filoppapos hill and from Eleonas' junkyards to Athens' only skyscraper. Despite its obvious existence, the definition of Athenian exaggeration seems difficult. The exaggerations of Athens overlap, rival one another, twist and entangle in an endless clew from which any observer retrieves the exaggeration that he, himself, actually wants to distinguish.

Participating artists: Stella Boroutzi, Christina Elefsinioti, Aristea Gravou, Ani Krikorian, Vasilis Papageorgiou, Katerina Papazissi, Ino Theodorou, Ioannis Touliatos, Denia Tsekoura, Ersi Varveri, Maria Zaharogianni.

Curated by: Katerina Synodinou

Stella Mporoutzi.