6 juni 2015
This is an oversight of the to my taste most interesting initiatives at the Platforms Project of Art Athína:

8eleven from Toronto Canada with collective work by Laurie kang, Nadia Bellerique, Rosa Aiello and Lili Huston/Herterich

Lamprini Markou on virtue and attitude at Lustspiel from Greece

Mirka Minnula @ Rajatila Gallery from Finland

Mirka Minnula @ Rajatila Gallery from Finland

Martin Creed @ Kappatos Athens Art Residency

Martin Creed @ Kappatos Athens Art Residency

Martin Creed @ Kappatos Athens Art Residency

Le vide dans le vide ou la disillusion

Then, lots of activities at B’Printmaking Studio A.S.F.A. – TCA

With a very engaging project

Resulting in occupancy of the total surroundings of the booth with beautiful works

With 3D sketches of Istanbul

Near this we find a paradoxical booth of Provo Principles from Greece, clearly engaged in the present situation

With a heap of débris from the artists studios

and art in small match boxes

which work out nicely

Atrans from Berlin shows Marian Wijnvoord again with romantic landscapes

The artist has created. work in new techniques, oilpaint on photopaper

and she is clearly satisfied with the result. We are happy that Atrans will coöperate with EX-MÊKH in Berlin in september. Here you see Marian Wijnvoord and Isolde Nagel, the initiator of Atrans in front of their booth.

Another detail from the EX-MÊKH booth with a drawing of Ellen Rodenberg and a selfportrait of Kees Koomen

The crowd at EX-MÊKH’s booth with Maarten Schepers explaining

A view at Grauzone from Austria

And the Dada Academy from Austria

Which shows also the right couch for underneath your painting

I liked the booth of the Wiener Art Foundation from Wien (I guess) where painterly action was applied

and nice sculptures were to be found

IS-Projects from Leiden (the Netherlands) was one of my favourites

With an exhibit of abstract art curated by John Tallman

an esthetic oasis in this context.

With the work of initiators Guido Winkler and Iemke van Dijk next to eachother

Lo and Behold is a very interesting initiative witrh actions in public space

with a great number of artists participating, amongst whom a favourite of last year: Maria Lianou

and others whom I don’t know

Incart from Mallorca made a very lively impression

From Rotterdam came our friends of the Tupajumi Foundation with the TFHMF-award

This dynamic work was selected from the USA and came in just before the opening of the fair due to delay at customs.

I personally voted for this piece by Maarten Bel

The Tupajumi members took the votes from visitors

Dienstgebäude had a nice booth too with a.o. the work of initiator Andreas Marti (bottom)

Dutch artist Bob Gramsma

and Ingo Giezendammer with psychedelic wallpaper.

VHS-Blues by Julian Boily @ AMV from Canada

VHS-Blues by Julian Boily @ AMV from Canada

The French Extra Muros from Nantes (FR)

With an inventive 5 € lampshade

En Flo from Greece had an impressive socially engaged installation: Micro History

With jobless women sowing printed cloth together and handing it out to the public

empty solidarity….

@ Skouze “Errare ergo sum” the wine was bitter-sweet

and the floor contemporary in traditional technique

Campus Novel showed a very interesting project about the ever-changing sign of a restaurant in Athens

Kunstenaarsinintiatief Elders from Den Haag (N) was present with strong work by Liesbeth van Woerden, like this sound piece

And Architectural studies by Liesbeth Bos

This piece by Liesbeth van Woerden was particularly popular, you took some time for it by stamping a ticket

A Greek fan from last year came by to see our new installation

And documentation was dutifully taken care of by Maarten Schepers
Platforms Project