In the new exhibition «Re – Medals of Honor», the title of the exhibition with the abstract “Re” that refers to Restart, Rebirth and Reset, I want to emphasize that with self-awareness, without embellishments, and above all without hiding the historical facts that do not honor us at all, we must lean into the past and learn from our mistakes. Only in this way can we move forward and avoid the same mistakes.
In a building of historic and symbolic importance, the Old Prisons of Chania which has been abandoned, contemporary art draws and energizes with the new exhibition "Re- MEDALS OF HONOR".
When motherland without gratitude, led the pioneers of the 1821 Greek Revolution to prison, I considered that the most appropriate place to present my exhibition is the Old Prisons of Chania.
I'm not just presenting, I'm staging the prison. The heroes are inside the cells! Thus, the visitor is invited to see the fighters through the prison guard's window.
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