PRESS RELEASE
Yannis Gaïtis – Gabriella Simosi
Opening: Thursday 14th November, 19:00 – 21:30
Duration: 14th November – 14th December 2024
Skoufa Gallery proudly presents an exhibition dedicated to Yannis Gaïtis. The exhibition which is realized in collaboration with his daughter Loretta, presents at the same time, some of Gabriella Simosi’s artworks. The show opens on Thursday 14th November 2024, from 19:00 – 21:30 and it will run until the 14th December 2024.
Prompted by the opening of the Gaitis – Simosi Museum in Ios to commemorate 40 years since Yannis Gaïtis’ death, Skoufa Gallery hosts a selection of Gaïtis’ work from his studio, some of which is shown to the public for the very first time. The show includes work from his early period in 1947/48, such as a group of drawings on paper, other works with oils on canvas, constructions, banners, toys and ceramic busts and it is completed by a series of artworks by Gabriella Simosi, Yannis Gaïtis’ wife and sculptress.
Yannis Gaïtis (1923-1984) was one of the most important Greek artists and a pioneer of the post-war modernism. He was a supporter of the new European movements of his era, and he marked Greek Art with his personal artistic idiom. The main characteristic of his work is his ‘small figures’ which even today remain a symbol of the human massification, and question various political and social issues. At this show, one can wander in Gaitis’ world and see works of art that have never been exhibited before.
Gabriella Simosi (1926-1999) was an important sculptress who adopted the contemporary trends of her era. She met Yannis Gaïtis in 1947, while studying at the School of Fine Arts and later, in Paris, they followed a joint course. The exhibition presents a series of 15 original photographic collages, all created in 1977-78, with enigmatic and poetic compositions, as well as sculptures dominated by symbolic elements.
