{"id":206101,"date":"2025-05-29T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/?post_type=ekthesi&#038;p=206101"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:02:21","slug":"maria-filopoulou-freedom","status":"publish","type":"ekthesi","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/en\/exhibitions\/maria-filopoulou-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"MARIA FILOPOULOU  &#8211; Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nafplio Annexe of the National Gallery and Alexandros Soutsos Museum is pleased to present an exhibition dedicated to the work of <strong>Maria Filopoulou<\/strong>, titled <em>Freedom<\/em>, on view in the museum\u2019s temporary exhibitions gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through fifteen paintings and two sculptures, Maria Filopoulou conveys a profound inner drive for creation, portraying representational, lived-in environments under luminous skies and Mediterranean suns. Her works celebrate human presence and evoke the fullness of nature, immersed in rhythm and radiant light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following her studies at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Leonardo Cremonini from 1984 to 1988, Filopoulou began painting interior spaces from life. Enclosing her quest for a liberated pictorial language within geometric structures, she developed a painting style rooted in what she described as \u2018the elementary structures of representational meaning.\u2019 She later turned to landscapes \u2013 initially as pretexts for painterly exploration and gradually as a means of deepening her relationship with the natural world \u2013 until, over the past two decades, the sea and the life-giving element of water became central to her practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her compositions feature familiar coastal scenes, passengers on deck, and swimmers in and out of the water \u2013 whether in the sea or in natural basins \u2013 offering viewers contemporary, lived experiences. They reflect fleeting emotional states and impressions of nature, echoing the traditions of French landscape painting and the languages of Modernism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition as a whole reveals that for Filopoulou, nature is not a backdrop but a lived environment \u2013 one she captures through close observation of its visual impressions and chromatic harmonies. Her work invites viewers to reflect, on an experiential level, upon our relationship with the natural world \u2013 one that is ever-changing and deeply entwined with both direct and indirect forms of contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the <strong>Anthony E. Komninos Foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Opening:<\/strong> Saturday, 24 May, 20:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Curator:<\/strong> Lambrini Karakourti-Orphanopoulou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exhibition dates:<\/strong> 24 May \u2013 30 October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n    <section class=\"GalleryCell container\">\n        <header>\n                    <\/header>\n        <div class=\"list row\">\n                                            <figure class=\"item col-xl-3 col-md-4 col-6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521_130910.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521_130910-500x205.jpg\" alt=\"\">                    <figcaption>\n                        <p class=\"no\">1<\/p>\n                                            <\/figcaption>\n                <\/figure>\n                                            <figure class=\"item col-xl-3 col-md-4 col-6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-75.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-75-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\">                    <figcaption>\n                        <p class=\"no\">2<\/p>\n                                            <\/figcaption>\n                <\/figure>\n                                            <figure class=\"item col-xl-3 col-md-4 col-6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-52.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-52-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\">                    <figcaption>\n                        <p class=\"no\">3<\/p>\n                                            <\/figcaption>\n                <\/figure>\n                                            <figure class=\"item col-xl-3 col-md-4 col-6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-42.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-42-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\">                    <figcaption>\n                        <p class=\"no\">4<\/p>\n                                            <\/figcaption>\n                <\/figure>\n                                            <figure class=\"item col-xl-3 col-md-4 col-6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-51-1647x1100.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-51-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\">                    <figcaption>\n                        <p class=\"no\">5<\/p>\n                                            <\/figcaption>\n                <\/figure>\n                                            <figure class=\"item col-xl-3 col-md-4 col-6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-59.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/24-5-2025-59-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"\">                    <figcaption>\n                        <p class=\"no\">6<\/p>\n                                            <\/figcaption>\n                <\/figure>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nafplio Annexe of the National Gallery and Alexandros Soutsos Museum is pleased to present an exhibition dedicated to the work of Maria Filopoulou, titled Freedom, on view in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":192897,"template":"","class_list":["post-206101","ekthesi","type-ekthesi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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