Venia Dimitrakopoulou. Futuro Primordiale – Logos

The Gallery of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin hosts the exhibition of Greek sculptress Venia Dimitrakopoulou, curated by Afrodite Oikonomidou and Matteo Pacini, entitled “Venia Dimitrakopoulou. Primordial Future – Logos”. The event is the second stage of a trilogy of Italian exhibitions organised by the Fondazione Ellenica di Cultura – Italia in collaboration with Artespressione in Milan and presents a new selection of works. Of particular note are two large installations: the new site specific work Ellampsis (2019) which takes the form of a steel epigraph with a èprophetic’ luminous test, and Dialoghi (2019), a series of books deconstructed into imposing steel plates and delicate Chinese papers. The major theme of the exhibition is the “logos”, the word that becomes the sign and, at the same time, the sign that becomes the word. Indian ink, pastel, watercolour and collage on rare papers result in works that range in size from small to large, in a spirit of stylistic and technical nomadism spanning traditional sculpture, installation, video, performance, writing and graphics.
The exhibition, part of the “Tempo Forte Italia – Grecia” programme, is under the patronage of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Embassy of Greece in Rome, the Regione Piemonte, the City of Turin, the National Museum of Contemporary Art – Athens (EMST), the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti – Turin, the DAMS degree course at the University of Turin, the Piedmont-Greece Association “Santorre di Santarosa” and the Italian-Greek Cultural Training Association “Microkosmos”.
The exhibition series is accompanied by a complete bilingual catalogue in Italian and English, published by Umberto Allemandi.