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“Suitcase” – Alexis Akrithakis

Collectible silkscreen, signed and numbered by Alexis Akrithakis .

“Suitcase” – Alexis Akrithakis | Comes with a certificate of authenticity.

• Subject dimensions: 49 x 47 cm.
• Paper dimensions: 59 x 59 cm.

Alexis Akrithakis was born in Athens in 1939. From his childhood and teenage years, his unconventional personality affects his life. Expelled from most schools as a “dangerous troublemaker”, he frequents bohemian circles of intellectuals and is mainly influenced by the poet and philosopher Giorgos Makris and Costa Tachtsis. In 1958, he leaves on a motorcycle for Paris, where he is associated with artistic groups, intensely lives the disorderly life of the existentialist era, is closely associated with Thanos Tsigos and paints.

In 1960 he returned to Greece, was discharged from the army and exhibited his first works in Thessaloniki (1963, Veltsou). A little later (1965) he presents his first important solo exhibition at the French Institute of Athens. He does illustrations for the pioneering literary magazine Pali of Nanos Valaoritis, designs rock music album covers and sets for experimental performances. The characteristic black and white tsik tsik script, dense, lacy and labyrinthine, characterizes his works at this time.

In 1968 he settled in Berlin, with a DAAD scholarship. From 1970 he collaborated with Alexandros Iolas, going back and forth between Germany and Greece and participating actively and successfully in the Greek and international artistic movement. His provocative and often dangerous lifestyle remains an integral part of his artistic identity. His visual work is constantly enriched with a multitude of narrative, poetic and symbolic motifs (such as birds, boats, hearts, planes, arrows and his iconic suitcase), in bright flat colors, as well as collages or constructions made of wood or mixed materials. He is also involved in the illustration and design of objects and scenery.

He returns permanently to Greece in 1984. He is now internationally established but in shaky health. He creates the Circus series (1986) in collaboration with the sculptor Giorgos Lappa, while his painting becomes somewhat more melancholic and sarcastic, without losing its inherent lyricism. Upon his death (Athens 1994), he left unfinished the last section of his works, a series of drawings inspired by his roommates in Dromokaiteio. His retrospective exhibitions were organized in 1997 (Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki and National Gallery, Athens) and 2003 (Neue National Galerie, Berlin). In 2005, a monograph on his work was published.

• Screen printing is the exact reproduction of limited copies of an original work.
• For reproduction, a silk grid is used stretched on a crate, hence the term Silkscreen, and as many crates as the colors of the work are used.
• The papers used for reproduction are cotton handmade 280-300gr type Fabriano.
• After the reproduction, the crates are destroyed by the painter to ensure the collectibility of the work.
• The Silkscreens are signed and numbered in pencil by the painter (numbering on the left and signature on the right) and are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

In the eartshop you will find an exquisite collection of collectible silkscreens of great Greek painters, such as Alekos Fasianos , Dimitris Mytaras , Sofia Kalogeropoulou , Vassilis Sperantzas , Angelos Panagiotou and others.

All our silkscreens are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and are in excellent condition. They can also be framed by a frame of your choice, as our store has more than 1500 frame codes.

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The product is handmade and there may be deviations in design and color from the picture.