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Vlasis Frissiras – Double Portrait: The Collector, the Painter
Works by about seventy contemporary figurative painters from the Frissiras Collection, plus Vlasis Frissiras's own recent paintings.
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Vlasis Frissiras has painted himself, large, with his grandchildren. You won't find his name on the front: he signs on the back, because a big signature on the canvas is, he told iefimerida, "sacrilege".
The show has two parts. The larger one is his collection: about seventy contemporary figurative painters from Eastern and Western Europe, China, Mexico, India and Iran, most of whom he met in their studios. Their people desire, labour, suffer and dream. Then come his own paintings, made from the pandemic on: women of every age and body, in his words a more optimistic side of life than the pain in the works he collects. Most lockdown hobbies ended as a sourdough starter at the back of the fridge. His got half a show in Tavros.
Come for that contrast between the collector's eye and the painter's. Tickets are €6. It is open Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 14:00 and weekends 10:00 to 19:00, closed Mondays, until 30 November, with free parking on site.
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Frissiras with his grandchildren
Look for the large-format painting in his own section where the collector paints himself surrounded by his grandchildren.
His women
His pandemic-era paintings focus on women of every age and body, the mother, the model, each shown for what sets her apart.
Frames that keep painting
On some of his own works the frame is treated as a natural extension of the canvas, so check the edges as well as the picture.
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- Vlasis Frissiras – Double Portrait: The Collector, the PainterCourtesy of Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre (Foundation of the Hellenic World)
- Gen X: Tales from the Forgotten GenerationCourtesy of DESTE Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art (Athens)
- Benaki Museum Pireos 138Courtesy of Benaki Museum Pireos 138