The new series of mixed technique works by Maria Kelaidi, entitled: "The space within" (Eso-Topos), will be presented as of Thursday, September 30th (from 20.00-22.30) at the Art Gallery «astrolavos artlife» (Irodotou 11, Kolonaki, tel: 210 7221200, 4, fax: 210 7221304, opening hours: Wed-Sat. 10.00-15.00, Tues-Thurs-Fri. 10.00-15.00 & 17.30-20.30, closed on Monday, www.astrolavos.gr, email: gallery@astrolavos.gr).

As in previous samples of her work, the artist continues to explore and record mnemonic stimuli by means of an abstract visual perception of both space - the main features of which are being maintained - and time.  This is achieved thanks to a colourful visual navigation which creates palimpsest images and, therefore, quite often seems to be surrealist.
The act of painting is defined with scientific accuracy by the form, the style, the colour as well as the various materials used for the "collages" and "decollages" so as to form the desired layered image which refers to narratives of a timeless daily routine. These narratives, far more than simply recording images, reflect psychological states and feelings.
The practice of adding small images, people, objects and photographical snapshots turns the nature landscapes into landscapes of memory which run through time, charging the viewers' emotional, inviting them to introspect and penetrate in space and time.

The exhibition will take place until Saturday, October 23rd, 2010.