The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces the temporary exhibition "In the Same Place" by the painter Katerina Attalidou. The exhibition will be held at the Cyprus Museum and will run from 18 March to 10 September 2023. The opening will take place on Saturday 18 March 2023, at 11.00 a.m. and admission is free to all.
Through a series of 86 watercolours, carefully placed inside and outside the exhibition spaces of the Cyprus Museum, alongside the objects with which they are associated, the artist approaches the permanent collection of the Cyprus Museum with particular sensitivity, guided by the places where the ancient exhibits were found. The title of the exhibition indicates both the coexistence of her watercolours with the exhibits of the Cyprus Museum, and her presence literally 'in the same place' where these unique finds were excavated or found.
The watercolours, accompanied by the artist's accounts of the places she visited and recorded, highlight the natural, archaeological and historical dimension of each site, as a reminder of the importance and uniqueness of the island's natural elements and how they are a crucial factor in understanding both the past and the present.
Troodos, Akamas, Karpasia, Famagusta, Rizokarpaso, Leonarissos, Arnadi, Galinoporni, Ovigoros, Platani, Peristerona, Vichada, Lefkoniko, Aphania, Bellapais, Gazafani, Klepini, Kythraia, Abeliko, Kyrenia, Kyrenia, Lapithos, Akanthou, Larnaca of Lapithos, Petra of Limnitis, Vouni, Agia Irini, Filia, Mansoura, Pomo, Yalia, Polis Chrysochous, Kritou Marotto, Souskiu, Lemba, Kishonerga, Kurio, Erimi, Parekklisia, Mari, Maroni, Hoirokoitia, Agia Varvaria, Deneia, Katydata, Engomi, Arsos, Melousia, Tremetousia, Dromolaxia, Larnaca, Pera Orini, Dali, Sotira, Paralimni...
The artist's quest, the journey behind each of her works, push us to listen to the aura of the place, somehow bridging the 'distance' that is created when an archaeological object is removed from its place of discovery and transferred to a museum display case. The sites of Attalidou generously but subtly offer the possibility of a different kind of museum experience. At the same time, they motivate us to move and observe the places that surround us. Her works unfold the multidimensional character of each place, its tangible and intangible qualities and at the same time remind us of the unity and indivisibility of our island.
(AF/SX)
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