Apostolos Ntelakos
arte.facts / αντι.κείμενα
Exhibition // Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion, Greece 18.05.2014 - 29.07.2014
Makrinitsa 2014 noEditions
(copying from the press release)
Arte.facts Apostolos Ntelakos (1973) is showing recent work at the Museum of Folk Art and History of Pelion1, in the Topali Mansion in Makrinitsa, from the 18th of May 2014 until the 29th of June 2014. Ntelakos has studied at the Department of Fine Arts of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (Visual arts, BoA, 2006) and continued with a master’s degree in Applied Arts (Applied Arts, MoA, 2010) at the Sandberg Institute. His work focuses on the ‘traditional’ areas of the Applied Arts i.e. ceramics, glass and textile. The way however, he approaches these fields has nothing to do with technicalities but mostly with the ways these conceptually overlap with the so-called Fine Arts. His first work on display is titled “Hebe / Helen”. It is a idiosyncratic documentary that records the household textles of two women of similar age, but different geographical origins and class.
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Pelion or Pelium (Modern Greek: Πήλιο, Pílio; Ancient Greek/ Katharevousa: Πήλιον. Pēlion) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. Its highest summit, Pourianos Stavros, is 1,610 m amsl.
The first woman, Hebe, w Egypt in an upper class en second, Helen, was born i Thessaly’s, Agrafa.
The second work, titled “M Workshop” focuses on the dimensions of the traditio ment.
The third project titled Fo and Rotate // Greek Folk O the shape and the color pa are to be found on the sec of Folk Art and History o
The latest project, titled “A ries of small interventions Museum A. Ntelakos deci a text on which could hig
was born in Alexandria, nvironment while the in a remote villages of
Municipal Embroidery e psychological and social on of fabric embellish-
olding screens (Enlarge Ornaments) focuses on atterns of the textiles that cond floor of the Museum of Pelion.
Arte.facts� consists of a ses. During his visits to the ided to tackle the space as ghlight with yellow color
the objects of interest for further study. The result is a series of colored ceramic and wooden objects that start a dialogue with the museum’s artefacts.
"Municipal Embroidery workshop", video, installations overview (You may watch the video at https://vimeo.com/69807242 )
GROUND FLOOR
"Αrte.facts", plywood, enamel paint, dimentions variable
"Αrte.facts", glazed porcelain, dimentions variable
ÂŤArte.facts", glazed terracotta, dimentions variable
"Municipal embroidery
y workshop", video-still
"Hebe/Helen", artist's book, installation’s overview (You may read the book at http://issuu.com/apostolos-ntelakos/docs/___________________20120922125913 )
FIRST (WINTER) FLOOR
overview photo of the first floor
"Αrte.facts", plywood, enamel paint, dimentions variable
"Αrte.facts", plywood, enamel paint, dimentions variable
"Αrte.facts", plywood, enamel paint, dimentions variable
Folding screens (Enlarged and Rotated Greek Folk Ornaments), installation overview, dimentions variable
SECOND (SUMMER) FLOOR
Folding screens (Enlarged and Rotated Greek Folk Ornaments), digital print on silk, plywood, dimentions variable
"Αrte.facts", plywood, enamel
l paint, dimentions variable