Michalis Katzourakis – Open Box (2022). The exhibition is taking place at Roma Gallery

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS

Open Box Works 1968-1970

Curated by Christoforos Marinos

Duration:
17.03 – 30.04 2022

Open Box exhibition by Michalis Katzourakis at Roma Gallery presents a series of works of the 1968–1970 period. These are minimalist works in two or three dimensions, most of which went on public display in the artist’s solo exhibition at Goethe Institut in 1969. Specifically, Open Box features two maquettes on handmade paper, of 1968; a large-scale painting with folding parts and a Plexiglas sculpture, of 1969; a series of small sculptures, of 1970, reconstructed in 2002; and an open box (Box, 2008) of painted aluminium and acrylic mirror. The underlying concept in these artworks is unfolding packaging boxes and reconfiguring the form of a cube to create closed or open shapes and forms. Discussing his works of that period, Katzourakis notes that he was intensely concerned with the interplay of pattern and colour, as well as with developing a personal vocabulary. The geometric shapes he experiments with provided ‘infinite possibilities of composition despite their predetermined limits. By arranging and reconfiguring these elements, Katzourakis seeks to achieve new, autonomous, integrated forms.

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled, 1969
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 400 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Box, 2008
Aluminium, electrostatic paint
47 x 47 x 33 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled, 1968
Plexiglass
50 x 95 x 22 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.1, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate.
24 x 39 x 16 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.2.A, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
25 x 48 x 33 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.3, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
24 x 38 x 16 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.6.Α, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
24 x 43 x 10 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.10, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
13 x 56 x 17 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.9, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
24 x 58 x 16 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.4, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
24 x 39 x 42 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.3.A, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
25 x 18 x 16 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.6, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
35 x 30 x 16 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.7, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate.
46 x 56 x 30 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.3.Β, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
10 x 48 x 39 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.11, 1970
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
12 x 48 x 17 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.8, 1970
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
13 x 41 x 19 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.8.A, 1970
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
17 x 41 x 17 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
G.T.5, 1969
Laquered wood mounted on laquered steel plate
23 x 24 x 16 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled IΙ, 1968
Aquatec on handmade paper
35 x 50 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled IΙ, 1968
Aquatec on handmade paper
35 x 50 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled, 1969
Aquatec on handmade paper
40 x 20 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled Α.1, 1969
Silkscreen on paper
68 x 68 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled Α.2, 1969
Silkscreen on paper
68 x 68 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled D, 1969
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper
50 x 70 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled C, 1969
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper
50 x 70 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled B, 1969
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper
50 x 70 cm

MICHALIS KATZOURAKIS
Untitled A, 1969
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper
50 x 70 cm

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