On Thursday the 1st of July the Art Gallery "ASTROLAVOS artlife" inaugurates a team exhibition of ceramics. The participant artists are: Anna Antonopoulou, Monica Diamantopoulou, Nikos Karalis, Thomais Kontou, Lili Bakogianni, Doriza.

The warmth of clay, the hand-made form, the marvelous oxidations and techniques, its marriage to a variety of materials, by the hands of famous artists-ceramists, accomplish to fascinate the art-lover.
Their love for earth, fire, contact and discipline of material is reflected in their work and their sensitivity and ability to produce sculptural constructions is expressed in their forms. Simple, geometrical or sensitive forms that sometimes refer to primeval forms and some other times to abstract totem, will give an idea of the new work of the ceramists, who will participate in this exhibition.

Anna Antonopoulou will display a number of toys, animals and dolls made by red clay and white glass-cover, painted by hand and baked at 1150° degrees.

Monica Diamantopoulou will display minimal sculptures inspired by cycladic figurines, made by leaves of clay of high temperature and decorated by painted geometrical designs.

Nikos Karalis will display sculptural constructions from his file "pupils", where the head usually is the ceramic part, while the body is wooden, decorated by wire and other materials.

Maro Kerassoti, afterwards her occupation with the construction of ceramic walls of the railway station at Marousi, turned to "on the wall" and architectural constructions. These constructions are characterized by the strong colors and by the use of gold and platinum, which are added in the third parching.

Thomais Kontou will display busts made by white porcelain with colored designs, as well as unique everyday use objects.

Lili Bakogianni displays tables, which combine wood with ceramic. In these tables she manages to enclose marvelous landscapes and to open roads that travel you to summer places.

Finally, Peggy Doriza displays "on the wall" constructions made by stoneware clay. They have graven and printed designs inspired by Byzantine vestments and oriental handmade rugs.

Duration of exhibition: until 31st of July.