There’s been a lot of… “sea” in our village this year. Fortunately, time has proven the right. And, of course, the artistic approaches are different.
As my young friends say… “anyways”
We’re surrounded by the Sea anyway, thankfully in this town and around!
Let’s take a little more care of it…
I invite you to my exhibition from July 24 through August 2 at the beautiful Amoreli, owned by our friends Stathis and Marina. I exhibit inside and out. In this wonderful space that isn’t just another restaurant, but the passion, (meraki is in Greek and is a different word than passion = pathos) of our friends who have created a space, an atmosphere that embodies the Mediterranean culture and gastronomy so sorely missing from our own Mediterranean lands.
On the place AMORELI I’m exhibiting *THN THALASSA*, *Al Bahar*, *THE SEA*…
July 24 – August 2 2026 times: 20.00 – 00.00
Opening July 24 time: 20:30
AMORELI, Sampoutzaki 7 – PREVEZA 48100
I look forward to seeing you there!
The statement for the exhibition follows.
An endless Sea, its depths unexplored. A sea that is both serene and wild. A healing sea. A mysterious blessing whether you swim in it or sail on it. Sea is a Woman. She creates, she embodies life, and she possesses life-giving power. She flows. She can nurture. She can become unpredictable and dangerous. Ancient civilizations personified the Ocean as life-giving yet unpredictable goddesses. The divine personification of the sea in Greek mythology, Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea…
“Sea is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.” Lao Tzu
This art exhibition is, a modest tribute to coral reefs, these precious ecosystems that function as the “rainforests of the sea,” providing critical natural refuges, breeding grounds, and feeding grounds for thousands of species of fish and marine organisms. They act as natural breakwaters, absorbing the energy from storms and hurricanes. Preventing catastrophic damage, protecting coastal communities from erosion and flooding. The sources of life, millions of years old, are threatened by a fleeting mutation of humanoids—a few hundred years old—whose instincts are dominated by violence and a latent sense of imposing iron-fisted and chemical power. We are rapidly “improving” toward inhumanity—toward exploitation and envy—having already disrupted the natural balances by calling violence “achievements.” Our species is ravaging vital ecosystems that were generously offered to us to share and enjoy. The concept of limits is systematically being lost. This is not a good time for humanity, nor for anything we affect…
Pela Kalogirou
