Phyllida Barlow: RIG: untitled; blocks
The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens is celebrating women's art this season with a series of group and solo exhibitions honouring pioneering female artists.
EMST and NEON are bringing the work of visual artist Phyllida Barlow to Athens for the first time. A major figure in the art world up until her death in 2023, Barlow had a unique way of transforming everyday materials into massive, striking sculptures—cardboard, concrete, plywood, plaster, fabric, if you can name it, she's probably used it. She would mix and match these materials to create what she referred to as “sculptural collages”.
Growing up in post-war London, she viewed cities as living entities, always in a state of flux, and her art mirrors this sense of movement and transformation. Her work, playful yet chaotic, reshapes the traditional views of sculpture and space. RIG: untitled; blocks, a large-scale installation from her RIG series, fills the museum's largest room with a construction of colourful objects nearly ten metres high. Barlow described RIG as a word that can mean both a temporary fix and a kind of improvisation, which perfectly sums up her style.
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Price: €8, €4
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Time: Tuesday - Wednesday & Friday - Sunday: 11 am – 7 pm, Thursday 11 am - 10 pm
- National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), Kallirois Ave. & Amvr. Frantzis Street, Koukaki, 117 43
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Wheelchair Accessible
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