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CYPRUS IN VENICE
40 YEARS OF CYPRUS ART IN VENICE BIENNALE 1968 - 2009
THE MUNICIPAL ARTS CENTRE NICOSIA
3 DECEMBER 2010 - 27 MARCH 2011

     
COSTAS JOACHIM PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST EVER REPRESENTATION
OF CYPRUS ARTISTS IN THE BIENNALE OF VENICE IN 1968
     
     

PHOTOS OF WORKS EXHIBITED AT THE MUNICIPLE ARTS CENTRE
IN THE PRESENT EXHIBITION OF THE SAME PERIOD AND STYLE

1. ‘Eventuality’ 1968  Oil on canvas 100 x 157 cm - artist’s collection

2. ‘Integrated’ 1968   Oil on canvas  122 x 84 cm  - Cyprus State Collection

 

COSTAS JOACHIM PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST EVER REPRESENTATION
OF CYPRUS ARTISTS IN THE BIENNALE OF VENICE IN 1968

FOREWORD OF BIENNALE OF VENICE 1968 - COSTAS JOACHIM

The painter, Costas Joachim, has arrived at a language stripped of un-essentials, in which his interest is concentrated on the fundamentals in the contour of form. Having freed himself from all elements which may render his compositions heavy, he arrives at these bi-chromic works. The graphic element in the drawing subtly plays with the freedom of the black; emphatically cutting in front of huge white spaces whereupon figures endowed with bucolic eroticism, dance.

This co-existence of diverse experiences gives an image quite unique in the world, without running the risk of sterile imitations or references.

TONY SPITERIS  GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ART CRITICS ASSOCIATION CATALOGUE OF THE VENICE BIENNALE  [exhibited at the present exhibition]

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Le peintre COSTAS JOACHIM a abouti à un langage dépouillé, ou son intérêt est porté sur la primordialité du contour de la forme. Se débarrassant de tout élément qui pourrait alourdir ses compositions, il en arrive ainsi à des bichromies ou le graphisme du dessin jouant avec subtilité avec la franchise du noir, tranche avec force devant de grands espaces blancs ou s’estompent des figures d’un érotisme bucolique. Cette coexistence d’expériences diverses, donne une image assez particulière du monde, sans encourir le risque des imitations stériles et des références.

ORIGINAL TEXT IN FRENCH BY TONY SPITERIS [exhibition catalogue]

 

 

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