what’s in a box? At Kalfayan Gallery
A jewelry box can have as much history as the jewel itself,
Carved from ancient wood, adorned with oysters and shells, jewelry boxes have been a well thought of design item through history. Very often, buried next to their kings and Egyptian Pharaos!
During our visit at Dimitris Tataris’ exhibition at Kalfayan Gallery Athens_’A Day In Hell’_ we picked up a rather controversially designed jewel box. The Cretan artist, a student of great painter Dimitris Mytaras, knows how to pay attention to detail. He mixes different elements of his multi-faceted talent, presenting complex and technically perfect works, bizarre collages overlaid on old engravings and then some..
Dimitris Tataris, Art Box, 2014 (detail)
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Courtesy Kalfayan Galleries, Athens – Thessaloniki. www.kalfayangalleries.com
Sent to us by our friend and art consultant Beatrice Spengou
