Kalos & Klio
Violent Silk
Past
23 June– 10 September 2016
11 Haritos Street, Kolonaki
Kalfayan Galleries (11 Haritos Street, Kolonaki, Athens) present ‘Violent Silk’, a solo show of the Thessaloniki basedcollaborative duo, Kalos&Klio. The opening is on Thursday, 23 June 2016, 20.00 – 22.00.‘Violent Silk’ follows the controversial manufacture of silk, a traditional process for producing high quality silk by boilingand killing the silkworm. A series of twelve artworks printed on organic silk fabric and presented as mourning veils,comment on violence around the world both symbolically and metaphorically. Research archival material (texts andimages) that inspired the works is also presented at the exhibition.The colorful, psychedelic motifs of each veil refer to different examples of ‘violence’ and incorporate material that comesfrom an extensive search on the web: photos, data visualization, statistics, maps and graphic displays, which are relatedto present day human rights violation and different facets of violence and death. The shimmering quality of silk isjuxtaposed to the dark themes of violence depicted on the veils, in order to emphasize the close link between ouradvanced culture and violence over time.
Artists
Kalos & Klio
Kalos&Klio (Christos Kalos, Klio Tantalidis) is an artist duo born in Thessaloniki, Greece, where they live and work. The pair has joined forces, since 2005 and operates in a complementary fashion, considering the process of working as one a path more intriguing.
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