"BEFORE SUNRISE" by ArtZone42 Gallery
Efthymios' participation in "BEFORE SUNRISE" Summer 2024 group exhibition organised by ArtZone42 Gallery in Athens Greece.
"You can't bully me".
Mixed media technique with acrylics, charcoal, watercolours and inks on white CANSON paper, 70x100cm, Sept 2021.
Model: Otis Brian Fisher
Artist's statement:
Many of us are raised in an environment that is sterile, overly protective, and heavily guarded, akin to an adiabatic chamber. Concurrently, we are compelled to adhere to rigid social conventions and assume personas that fail to reflect our true identity, psyche, or essence. Society demands that we fit the mold of the archetypal strong male, the flawless individual, the fearless character. We are conditioned to be prisoners of our fears, which, in truth, are either completely baseless or so trivial and insignificant in the grand scheme of our fleeting lives that such mental anguish and time spent worrying seem utterly futile.
The intense stare of the resentful boy serves as a reminder that it is up to us, through our inherent strength and without reliance on others, to shatter these chains and liberate our spirits from this “affliction,” symbolised by the figure of Nosferatu (meaning ‘the one who carries the disease,’ akin to the Greek term “νοσοφόρος”) depicted on the left as in F. W. Murnau’s expressionist film of the same title. We must confront our fears with the realisation that they are merely overblown fabrications, either by those who are timid and weak-willed or by manipulators who stand to gain from our continued subjugation and lack of resistance.
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Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1156161478836666/
Exhibition URL: https://www.artzone42.gr/before-sunrise-group-exhibition/
Gallery URL: https://www.artzone42.gr/
Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/az42gallery
Instagram Tag: #efthymiospournarasartwork, #artzone42
Duration: 11 to 27 July 2024
Opening: Thursday, 11 July 2024, 20:00-23:00
Venue: ArtZone42 Gallery - 42 Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue (opposite of H. S. Truman's statue), 116 35, Athens, Greece (GR)
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