The Heart of Darkness
A review of Lina Theodorou’s work.
Katerina Gregos
Origin: Static Issue 02
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"Most of Lina Theodorou's work stems from a critical
attitude towards social reality and from a conviction that regards
art primarily as social practice. Over the years, Theodorou's
work has explored a broad range of social, political and human
issues, of global or local significance. Her work is characterised
by continuing political engagement and a consistent analysis of
power relations and their underlying value systems. Her numerous
investigations into social spaces, are the result of an ongoing
interest in a variety of issues that relate to contemporary life
(public or private) and the realities of the world: from identity
and gender politics to questions of social injustice or inequality
and the predicament of the socially marginalised..."
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Contributor:
Katerina Gregos is an independent
curator and critic based in Athens. From 1997 to 2002 she was
Director of the Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art
in Athens.
She has curated exhibitions featuring Greek as well as international
artists, has authored numerous artist's catalogues, and is a regular
contributor to Contemporary, London and Time Out, Athens as well
as other international art periodicals. She has lectured and participated
in conferences, biennials, and art fairs internationally.
Recently she curated “Britannia Works” for the British
Council in four venues in Athens, the solo show of Sarah Ciraci
at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (MACRO), and the solo
exhibition of Maria Papadimitriou at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid.
(All 2004)
Katerina Gregos was also commissioner for Greece at ARCO '04 Madrid
and co-curated a number of projects within this framework including,
among others: “Breakthrough! Greece 2004: Contemporary Perspectives
in the Visual Arts”, for Alcala 31, Madrid; and “Nine
Muses I Presume?”, for La Casa Encendida, Madrid. She was
one of the curators for the exhibition “The Mediterraneans”,
at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (MACRO). Other recent
curatorial projects include: "Channel Zero", for The
Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam, 28
August – 23 October 2004 (curator) and “VZ –
The Video Biennial”, Tel Aviv, November 2004 (guest curator).
She is a member of the Executive Board of CIMAM, ICOM's Committee
for Collections and Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art; also
a member of IKT (the International Association of Curator of Contemporary
Art) and AICA, the International Associations of Art Critics.
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