Eros and the Melancholy Modernism (after Supernature)

(Charles Atlas)

Last weekend we revisited the great Supernature exhibition at AMP, 

curated by Andreas Melas and Rallou Panagiotou

(fantastic George Lappas and Sterling Ruby)

works I'd seen before looked totaly fresh in the perfectly proportioned space

works were in discussion

Spiros Bournazos and his supernature

later in the week we bumped into Rallou 

at the jam-packed Eros exhibition at the Cycladic Museum

the spectacular artifacts depicting eros seemed 

to all be sitting on plexiglass and mirror plinths

some of them seemed angry

others didnt care

little cupid lost amongst the reflections

wannabe narcissus

after the many faces of love, we went over to EMST 

for the many faces of Chronis Botsoglou, curated by Tina Pandi

I was not really familiar with his work, 

but was fascinated by the construction of an identity

the beautifully installed paintings

 and his melancholy gaze fit perfectly 

with the fantastic spaces of the conservatory

at the mezzanine great Tony Oursler

outside, melancholy modernism