Kostis Velonis, Athens Community in the Kibbutz (paper, marble, ceramic, wood, acrylic, brick, 2011)
The
Breeder presents the exhibition Group Mountain by artist and
architect Andreas Angelidakis.
At
the core of the exhibition is a monumental work by Andreas
Angelidakis that consists of cardboard boxes of art shipping
companies. Their accumulation seems to be the result of continuous,
obsessive buying. Angelidakis has incorporated within the
installation of Group Mountain his video “Domesticated Mountain”
(2012) as well as a group exhibition with works on paper which he has
curated.
Group
Mountain is inspired Habitat 67 a model community and housing complex
in Montreal, Canada designed by Israeli–Canadian architect Moshe
Safdie. It comprises 354 identical, prefabricated concrete forms that
create residences with many communal spaces which integrate the
benefits of suburban homes, namely gardens, fresh air, privacy, and
multilevelled environments, with the economics and density of a
modern urban apartment building. It was believed to illustrate the
new lifestyle people would live in increasingly crowded cities around
the world but it ended up as another lost utopia of the 60s.
Andreas
Angelidakis has developed an artistic voice that switches between the
languages of architecture, curating, writing and internet. He often
speaks about spaces, buildings and the society that inhabits them,
with the exhibition format acting as vehicle for ideas and medium for
his artistic practice. His exhibitions challenge the viewer both in
terms of their content their format, and the constantly shifting role
of the exhibition maker.
The
participating artists in the group show which is included in Group
Mountain are the following: Danai Anesiadou, Vlassis Caniaris, Kate
Davies, Antonis Donef, Uwe Henneken, HOPE, Jim Lambie, Yiorgos
Lazongas, Bjarne Melgaard, Alan Michael, Irini Miga, Angelo Plessas,
Paola Revenioti, Shirana Shahbazi, Christiana Soulou, Gert & Uwe
Tobias, Alexandros Tzannis, Jannis Varelas, Kostis Velonis.
Group
Mountain (cur.by Andreas Angelidakis)
The
Breeder Gallery, Athens
20
Apr.-29 Jun.
