RIOT - Statement On Our Times
The terrorist attacks in New York, Paris and Brussels and the economic crisis in Europe have shaped the present global condition, which finds itself in a state of continual insecurity. At times, art is about storytelling, reflecting the times we live in.
14.04.16 > 22.05.16
The direct objective of the work by Dimitrios Oikonomou is not political, but through painting, to explore the transformation people endure as present European politics change. The artist seeks to give expression to some people’s distress. His investigation and motives not only relate to past and current events in Greece, but also in Europe, the United States, and in the Arab world.
The artist examines, both through his art and academic research, theories about ‘other- ness’, ‘abjection’, and European Nihilism.
The exhibition could be seen not only as a Nietzschean call for society to evolve and em- brace the horrors, but to have the courage to move towards the future. It is a call for meta-modernism, “to surpass postmodernism as a response to the crises- ridden moment.” (
When
13 Apr 2016 @ 06:00 pm
14 Apr 2016 @ 08:30 pm
Duration: 1 days, 2 hours
Where
ifa laboratory
1A Rue des Renards
1000 Bruxelles
Belgium
Language
French fr