NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
CHRONIS BOTSOGLOU - A RETROSPECTIVE
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, presents a retrospective exhibition of Chronis Botsoglou, one
of the most important painters of Greek post-war art. The exhibition, curated by Tina Pandi, constitutes the largest retrospective of the artist held to date, including more than 170 works, paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations,
engravings, digital pictures, illustrations, that span chronologically from the 50s until today and are brought all
together for the first time from a large number of Museums, Institutions, art galleries and collectors.
In the exhibition will be presented the most important works of his oeuvre: works from the 60s and 70s, the series
The image of body (1979-1993), Οil Mills (1978-1986), Journal Pages (1980-1990), the monumental multi-panel
painting installation Nekyia (1993-2000). For the first time, EMST will present the last section of his work titled
References (2002-2009), a series of imaginary portraits by five artists: Francis Bacon, Vincent Van Gogh,
Alberto Giacometti, Giorgos Bouzianis and Yannoulis Halepas, who influenced the artist’s painterly thought.
