Artemis
1997
Video installation
Colour video projection on a 375 x 500 cm. painting, rocks and painting on the floor
Viewing duration: 23 minutes
The work, in its original form, was created for the event “Thessaloniki, Cultural Capital of Europe " and belongs to the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens. Many articles have been written about this work in various languages. In 1997, the Russian poet Andrei Vosnisenski wrote in his article on Moskovskij Komsomolets (Московский Комсомолец, a Moscow-based daily newspaper): “… I think the most important fact of European cultural life has been the exhibition of the Greek artist Tsoclis. It is impossible to describe this in words. It is an unprecedented painting work worldwide…”.
In this work, Costas Tsoclis matches the antiquity and nostalgia with contemporary art. The artist, commenting on his own work, he made the following statement: “…I tried to put in it as much antiquity as that ruling my fate, as much nostalgia as my merciless daily routine allows me and as much art as needed to justify my presence in the area of contemporary creation”.
It had been exhibited:
1997 Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe
1998 National Gallery, Αthens
2000 Luigi Pecci Contemporary Art Center, Prato
2001 Α Retrospective, National Museum of Contemporary Art
2008 Artzone 798, Beijin
2009 Living Painting, Scholeion, Athens
2014 Sala Veratti, Varese, Italy Μuseum of Marble Crafts
