EVENT
Exhibition dedicated to the Writer & Artist Panos Koutroubousis
VENUE
Melina Cultural Center
Iraklidon 66, Athens
DATE
06 - 31 May 2022
DESCRIPTION
An exhibition of the work of the writer and artist Panos Koutroubousis will take place from May 6 to June 5, featuring a special collection of drawings, films, photographs, collages, book illustrations and other archival material.
Panos Koutroubousis, prose writer, translator and visual artist, was born in Livadia and grew up in Athens. He studied film directing in Rome and enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, but did not attend. He appeared in literature in 1958 as a representative of the Beat literary movement, with publications in the magazine “Athinaika Grammata” (Athenian Letters), Leonidas Christakis’s publications and other magazines of the time, while he also worked in the cinema as a film production assistant.
His literary work is a mixture of surrealism, folktales, fiction, comics, wordplay and beat literature, while his visual work includes illustrations for magazine covers, painted collages, photographs and constructions.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 11:00-19:00, Saturday and Sunday 10:00–15:00, Monday closed
Information: +30 210 345 2150
The event follows all required guidelines of the public health authority to prevent the spread of COVID 19.
Closest Metro Station: Keramikos
Metro to Venue: 8 minutes walking
Wheelchair Accessibility YES
