Petronella Oortmann's DollHouse by Katerina Zacharopoulou
Benaki Museum | Pireos 138
Petronella Oortmann's DollHouse by Katerina Zacharopoulou / Benaki Museum | Pireos 138 / photos by Christina Cuko
Katerina Zacharopoulou’s work “Petronella Oortman’s Dollhouse” is a modular visual narrative of scenes from the life of a woman into the constructed world of a doll-house. Inspired by the original Dollhouse belonging to Petronella Oortman created between 1686-1710 and exhibited today at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Katerina Zacharopoulou’s domestic scenes consist of an assortment of personal Mementos, photographs and decorative objects.
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| Petronella Oortmann's DollHouse by Katerina Zacharopoulou / Benaki Museum | Pireos 138 / Looking in the Mirror |
Cut from their initial frame of reference, they become the components of a claustrophobic scenery that hovers between reality and fairy tale, dream and nightmare.
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| Petronella Oortmann's DollHouse by Katerina Zacharopoulou / Benaki Museum | Pireos 138 / photos by Christina Cuko |
Several different mental and emotional processes happen inside there: reading, walking, cleaning, waiting, contemplation, nail cutting, writing. The woman’s behaviour is sometimes distinguished by a calm mood of introspection and sometimes moving in the boundaries of obsession and mental disorder.
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| Petronella Oortmann's DollHouse by Katerina Zacharopoulou / Benaki Museum | Pireos 138 / photos by Christina Cuko |
The project is a production of the Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art-State Museum of Contemporary Art. It was designed as an in situ video-installation, and was initially presented at Paradisos Baths -Bey Hamam in Thessaloniki in 2011.
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| Katerina Zacharopoulou |
The exhibition of the work in the Benaki Museum consists of the video-performances that take place in the rooms of the Dollhouse. They set a path, with no logical sequence between acts, gestures, attitudes and behaviors that define gender identity. The work uses structural elements of the domestic environment in the process of subjectivity formation: the House “creates” its occupant the same way the occupant constructs her House.
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| Petronella Oortmann's DollHouse by Katerina Zacharopoulou / Benaki Museum | Pireos 138 / photos by Christina Cuko |
DETAILS
PETRONELLA OORTMAN’S DOLLHOUSE
09/02/2017 - 12/03/2017
Benaki Museum | Pireos 138
Tickets
€7, €3,5
Working Hours
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday & Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00
Closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday & Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00
Closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Cafe-Bar is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. until late in the evening.
Wi-Fi throughout the building, kindly sponsored by Forthnet
Robert McCabe / Memories and Îœonuments of the Aegean
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| Athens / Robert McCabe at Museum of Cycladic Art "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" / photo Cuko Christina |
When you hear someone say the word Greece associatively all your thoughts will be painted blue. Cycladic white houses, blue sea, blue sky and ancient temples. We will take you a walk to the Museum of Cycladic Art, a living institution in the heart of Athens whose aim, is to connect with the wider public.
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| The museum was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris./ photo Cuko Christina |
By our surprise the exhibition titled "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" were photos which has been taken by Robert McCabe in the 1950’s and 1960’s in black and white.
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| Athens / Robert McCabe at Museum of Cycladic Art "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" / photo Cuko Christina |
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| Athens / Robert McCabe at Museum of Cycladic Art "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" / photo Cuko Christina |
The first section illustrates important aspects of life in the Aegean in the 1950s and 60s. At that time, everyday life flowed without electricity, roads, motor vehicles, telephones, running water and ferries. The infrastructures that were available to people in the '60s, had little changed compared to 5000 years ago.
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| Athens / Robert McCabe at Museum of Cycladic Art "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" / photo Cuko Christina The 40 photos in this section cover four broad themes: festivals, women’s occupations, men’s occupations and work at sea. |
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| Athens / Robert McCabe at Museum of Cycladic Art "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" / photo Cuko Christina |
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| Athens / Robert McCabe at Museum of Cycladic Art "Memories & Monuments of the Aegean" / photo Cuko Christina |
Most of these sites have a long history, some as religious centers, others as commercial hubs and some for their strategic military importance.
A single ticket gives you access to all of the museum galleries, whichever entrance you choose. So if you plan ti visit Athens until March the 19th do not lose an opportunity to be at the Museum of Cycladic Art.
Opening Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00 - 17:00Thursday: 10:00 - 20:00
Sunday: 11:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: Closed
Admission
General Admission: 7 euro
Monday General Admission: 3.50 euro
Group Ticket (Over 15 People): 5 euro
Adress: 4, Neophytou Douka Street 106 74 Athens
www.cycladic.gr
(+30) 210 7228321-3Opy Zouni / Order in Chaos
The exhibition presents the work of the well-known artist Opy Zuni / 1941-2008.
This retrospective tribute by the Benaki Museum to the artist’s creative life, which spanned almost 50 years (1960-2008), includes representative examples from the wide range of her artistic career.
Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017
The exhibition is divided into ten separate sections which follow the artist’s professional path thematically and chronologically. It includes paintings, sculptures, constructions, objets trouvés, collages, and installations. 
Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017
The presentation is supplemented by an installation-video of eight minutes, titled Columns-Shadows, and images taken from the four elements of nature: earth, air, water and fire, which run through her subject matter, constructing and deconstructing the compositions of her works.
Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017
Opy Zouni was one of the most important representatives of postwar geometric abstract art and neo-constructivist rationale of the second half of the 20th century. Having dual heritage (Greek-Egyptian), with a strong classical education, she adopted geometric structure and abstract mathematical thinking along with the modern conceptions of art she had encountered on hermany trips abroad.
Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017
The focus of her exploration was the mental and, at the same time, emotional space, our familiar physical space.
Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017
In Opy Zouni’s work art and science are inextricably linked. Science for her meant the investigation of reality while art was the expression of beauty. She used geometry as a door from the material world to the spiritual and created a virtual reality using Renaissance perspective freely, with one or more vanishing points. She walked a line between dream, fantasy and reality, logic and sensitivity, a scientific mathematical approach and spontaneity.
Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017
Opy Sarpaki Zouni was born in Cairo in 1941. Her family roots originate in Crete and Santorini. She lived and worked since 1963 in Athens. She has died after she lost her battle with cancer on 5th December 2008.If you are in Athens or you plan to visit the Greek capital soon, do not miss her exhibition at Benaki museum
*A short Video Art about her work Ramle in Form
Exhibition curator: Eleni Athanassiou
Duration
22/12/2016 - 26/02/2017 (Opening: 19/12/2016, 20:00)
Place
Athens
Tickets
€7, €3,5
Working Hours
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday & Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00
Closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Cafe-Bar is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. until late in the evening.
Wi-Fi throughout the building, kindly sponsored by Forthnet
The presentation is supplemented by an installation-video of eight minutes, titled Columns-Shadows, and images taken from the four elements of nature: earth, air, water and fire, which run through her subject matter, constructing and deconstructing the compositions of her works.
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| Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017 |
Opy Zouni was one of the most important representatives of postwar geometric abstract art and neo-constructivist rationale of the second half of the 20th century. Having dual heritage (Greek-Egyptian), with a strong classical education, she adopted geometric structure and abstract mathematical thinking along with the modern conceptions of art she had encountered on hermany trips abroad.
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| Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017 |
The focus of her exploration was the mental and, at the same time, emotional space, our familiar physical space.
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| Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017 |
In Opy Zouni’s work art and science are inextricably linked. Science for her meant the investigation of reality while art was the expression of beauty. She used geometry as a door from the material world to the spiritual and created a virtual reality using Renaissance perspective freely, with one or more vanishing points. She walked a line between dream, fantasy and reality, logic and sensitivity, a scientific mathematical approach and spontaneity.
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| Opy Zouni / "Order in Chaos" Exhibition at Benaki Museum in Athens until 26/02/2017 |
Opy Sarpaki Zouni was born in Cairo in 1941. Her family roots originate in Crete and Santorini. She lived and worked since 1963 in Athens. She has died after she lost her battle with cancer on 5th December 2008.If you are in Athens or you plan to visit the Greek capital soon, do not miss her exhibition at Benaki museum
Exhibition curator: Eleni Athanassiou
Duration
22/12/2016 - 26/02/2017 (Opening: 19/12/2016, 20:00)
Place
Athens
Tickets
€7, €3,5
Working Hours
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday & Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00
Closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday & Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00
Closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Cafe-Bar is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. until late in the evening.
Wi-Fi throughout the building, kindly sponsored by Forthnet
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