Chris Boïcos Fine ArtsNikola Sarić was born in Bajina Bašta, in western Serbia in 1985 where he spent most of his childhood and early adolescence in this region of beautiful mountains, rivers and valleys before moving to Belgrade in 2000. One of the most significant episodes of his youth was Sarić’s discovery of the awe-inspiring atmosphere and beauty of the medieval Byzantine frescos of the Studenica Monastery in Serbia, which he believes lie at the beginning of his spiritual journey. His apprenticeship in painting (...)
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Nikola Sarić : An Artistic and Spiritual Journey
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The Four Elements and the Four Seasons
26 février 2020, par Chris BoicosFrom Antiquity to the Renaissance the four elements – earth, air, water, fire - were viewed as being the constitutive elements of the world. They were even, according to Galen, associated with the human body as the basis of the “four humors” : yellow bile with fire, black bile with earth, blood with air and phlegm with water. A further association was commonly made between the elements and the cycles of nature and the seasons. For the earth to become fertile it required rain which was produced (...)
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Five Greek Ceramic Artists in Paris !
19 novembre 2019, par Chris BoicosThe last twenty years have witnessed across Europe, America and Asia the explosion of creativity in the ceramic arts in a way that openly challenges the often tired evolutions and repetitive monotony of much of contemporary fine and conceptual art.
By combining tradition and innovation, an adherence to fine craft but also experimentation with new forms and ideas, ceramicists have considerably enriched their art, drawing the increasing attention and enthusiasm of the public, collectors and (...) -
Contemporary Greek Ceramic Jewellery
21 août 2019, par Chris BoicosThe unique pieces of ceramic and porcelain jewelry on show at Chris Boïcos Fine Arts, Paxos by six distinguished Greek ceramic artists was specially created for the current summer exhibition as a homage to the beauty and the nature of the island of Paxos. The colors and textures of Paxos’ nature from the sea to the shingle of the beaches, the worn surfaces of the grey stone walls of the olive groves, the barks of the olive trees and the color of their leaves are reflected in the shapes, tones (...)
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Habidis / Papanikolaou - Corfu watercolors, Paxos paintings
1er août 2019, par Chris BoicosSince the publication in 2004 of the Louis Vuitton ”Carnet d’Athènes” watercolor book, Pavlos Habidis (born 1957) has become increasingly well-known for the beauty and wit of his watercolors, depicting the cities and islands of modern Greece.
He has since published four more books of watercolors, three of which depict towns and an island of the Ionian sea : Perpatontas stin Preveza (2011), Parga ( 2014) and A Journey to Paxos (2014). His latest watercolor series published as a book - Spring in (...) -
Five years of Paxos Photography 2014 - 2019
29 juin 2019, par Chris BoicosThis second photography retrospective held at John Gough Hall in Paxos, brings together older and new work by Paxiot photographer Dimitri Kintzios and four photographers from former summer residencies on the island. Introducing the Paxos photographs of the latest summer resident - Guido Maria Isolabella - who will be photographing this summer the churches of Paxos for a new book to be published in 2020 by the Friends of Paxos.
Guido Maria Isolabella was born in Milan in 1965. He studied (...) -
Robert Bared - L’Allumeur de réverbères
26 mars 2019, par Chris BoicosThe Lamplighter of Paris
Ever since the corner lanterns of Louis XIV and the gas lampposts of Baron Haussmann, Paris has been famous for its nocturnal lighting, leading to its being daubed by the 18th century the “City of Light”. Beyond the brilliant illuminations of Place de la Concorde and the Great Boulevards photographers like Brassaï, Denise Bellon ou Roger Schall, have also in the past, captured the darker corners of the city, its riverbanks and exterior boulevards, where under the (...) -
Vanités et Natures Mortes
5 février 2019, par Chris BoicosStill lifes and Vanities appeared for the first time in the art of the late Renaissance and then took off as major subjects in European painting, engraving and sculpture in the Baroque age in the 17th century. They have since been a constant theme in art, every generation re-inventing them in its own style and with its own techniques.
Inanimate objects, humble or luxurious, speak of the seductive beauty but also of the vanity of earthly possessions. Skulls are of course the classic (...) -
Misha Goro & Doug Stapleton at Salon Zürcher, New York
28 janvier 2019, par Chris BoicosChris Boïcos Fine Arts is delighted to present two prominent contemporary Chicago artists – Michael Goro and Doug Stapleton - for the first time together in New York, at the 21st edition of the Salon Zürcher at the Zürcher gallery on Bleecker Street. The New York branch of the Zürcher gallery was founded by the well-known Paris museum curator and art historian, Bernard Zürcher (1953-2017) and his wife Gwenolee Zürcher in 2009, as an extension of their Paris gallery - inaugurated 1992 - in the (...)
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Corps, plumes et mêlées by Tina Merandon at fotofever Paris 2018
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In [*fotofever 2018*] Chris Boïcos Fine Arts is reserving its booth exclusively to the work of [*Tina Merandon*], one of the finest women photographers currently working in France.
Tina Merandon (born 1963) is a Paris-based photographer known for her portraits - notably the series (Vertigo 2007) of French politicians, from François Hollande to Marine Le Pen, photographed for Le Monde - and (...)
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