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Eugenie Coumantaros
Beyond White

CONTEMPORARY ART

FEBRUARY 10 UNTIL MARCH 15, 2012

THE EXHIBITION

This ‘little Greece’ that one finds in remote island churches on rocky mountain footpaths is what Eugenie Coumantaros depicted in her collection of forty photographs entitled Beyond White, which were exhibited at the Museum of Cycladic Art.

Eugenie Coumantaros studied English Literature and Photography at Princeton University and has been photographing since 1989. Through her lens, she called upon viewers to recollect their own experiences while seeing the quintessential Aegean chapel in a new light.

The contemporary rendering of these abstract photographs captures the ‘breath of an eternal faith’ in a unique and ethereal way, simply and stunningly. White chapels. Temple, sacred space. Shadows on white, colored light; choices in the frame create a balance between light and shadow such that simple architectural forms converse with the sea, with the sky, with the air. The viewer – depending on his individual experiences and his mood – would discern the variations in the hues of light and take a spiritual journey ‘Beyond White’.

*Odysseus Elytis, Idiotiki Odos

IMAGES

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Beyond White 14
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Beyond White 02
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Beyond White 47
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Beyond White 47
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Beyond White 08
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Beyond White 08
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Beyond White 06
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Beyond White 06
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Beyond White 21
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Beyond White 21
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Beyond White 33
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Beyond White 14
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Beyond White 02
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Beyond White 47
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Beyond White 08
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Beyond White 06
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Beyond White 21
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Beyond White 33
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Curated by

Christina Chandris

Translation of Elytis

Professor Marinos Pourgouris
Jeffrey Carson, Nikos Sarris

Text Translation

Georgia Kakourou Chroni

Digital retouching

Vicky Lemoni, Photolab

Digital prints

Stratos Aktides, Photolab

Frames

Nikos Sdralis

Installation

Spyros Simos, MoveArt

Graphic design

Christiana Sofianopoulou

Architectural design

Irene Charalampides, Lena Tegopoulou

Lighting design

Kiki Mathiou, Artemide Hellas

Panel constructions

Venetidis-Leledakis