Erika Verzutti
in ‘Portals’, NEON, Hellenic Parliament Library and Printing House, Athens
11 June – 31 December 2021
Erika Verzutti, Cemetery of Yellows (detail), 2019. Courtesy: Alison Jacques, London © Erika Verzutti
Erika Verzutti, Cemetery of Yellows, 2019. Courtesy: Alison Jacques, London © Erika Verzutti
59 artists from 27 countries including 15 new site-specific works commissioned by NEON will be featured in the group exhibition Portals, opening on 11 June in the renovated spaces of the former Public Tobacco Factory – Hellenic Parliament Library & Printing House, as part of the collaboration between the Hellenic Parliament and NEON.
The timing is highly appropriate, as we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, while at the same time countries and societies all over the world are reeling from the pandemic. Within this framework, Portals aspires to convey the messages, ideas and visions of contemporary artistic creation, investigating the new reality revealed through the prism of change and disruption. The exhibition is curated by Elina Kountouri, Director of NEON, and Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.