Throw off winter stupor at art exhibition

20 March 2018

Throw off winter stupor at art exhibition

Forget January 1, it’s Spring that rings in the real changes. There’s something about the imminent start of this season which makes us all a bit restless – the circle of life begins once more, flowers bloom and there’s a renewed sense of energy in the air that wakes us from our winter stupor and challenges the soul. But it’s those at the cutting edge of creativity who are probably the most affected by this seasonal change; here are three unmissable exhibitions from well-known local artists who have felt the pull, and are ringing in Spring with works to challenge the restless mind and soul…

In the capital, we’ve got an “experimental exhibition” heralding the changing season. Dream Travellers at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation comes courtesy of well-known subversive artist, photographer and self-proclaimed dream traveller Athanasios Athanasiou, who has employed a series of alternative methods and techniques to produce works which will transport the viewer to strange new worlds…

Ongoing until April 8, the exhibition falls into the framework of the Moments at the Museum series of events, and it’s certainly set to be an eye-opening game changer. An otherwise realistic photograph becomes, in the hands of the artist, “a work of art by way of his personal touches and his own interpretation of the scene: the creation of images with the artist’s feelings imprinted upon them.”

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