Georgia Christou
The labyrinth of the very big and deafening nothingness
9 February – 22 March 2024
Opening: Friday, 9 February, 7-10pm
Christou’s work examines the politics associated with inside and outside spaces, in an attempt to expose the ways in which womxn operate within them. In this process, the inner and outer worlds of the artist are exposed, in a parallel and at times conflicting conversation. An essentially introverted personality is turned into a hyper-extrovert persona, seeking intimacy and connection in an increasingly noisy world. Using herself as a medium of research, she enters public spaces and her immediate social circles to observe how expressive, feminist, activist, queer forces are being suppressed or silenced by the deafening noise of patriarchal and colonial undercurrents.
Her work is characterised as a ‘practice to remember’, as she draws from her childhood memories and upbringing in a busy, at times chaotic environment, surrounded predominantly by women. Digging into her past, revisiting engraved influences, feelings and aesthetics, she questions how much of oneself remains intact in the process of growing up and how much of it is ‘accessorised’ in order to fit into certain narratives. By recalling practices and habits from her childhood, she finds that even in the most chaotic or loud environments there can be space for creative, gentle outputs, on which her practice is built on.
In an attempt to examine the changing currents of energy, in both micro and macro levels, inside and outside spaces, the artist ultimately proposes intentional innocence as the only force that can withstand the ‘noise’, and trigger change.
Georgia Christou is a Cypriot artist and curator based in Limassol, Cyprus. She studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, graduating in Fine Arts in 2022.
Since 2019, she has organised and participated in off-site exhibitions in Cyprus and the Netherlands. In October 2023 she curated and participated in the group exhibition ‘A Ceremonial Cry’ as part of Limassol Art Walks, and in November 2022 the group exhibition ‘Concrete Affection’, in Limassol.
Other recent exhibitions include; ‘Contemporary Garden of Eden’, 1E Ijzerstraat 97 3024 XP, Rotterdam (2023), ‘To Be Out of Love for You Completely’, curated by Christos Kyriakides, Nicosia (2023), ‘A Distant Memory’, curated by Yannik Güldner, The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague, NL (2022), ‘S3XY GOTH HOTLINE’, Sexyland World, Amsterdam (2021).
Eins is a contemporary art gallery based in Limassol, Cyprus.
Established in 2018, eins is seeking an active role in shaping art discourse and promoting contemporary artists in Cyprus, its neighbours and beyond. As a commercial gallery, it provides space and flexibility for the facilitation of compelling proposals and projects. As a gallery based in Cyprus, it is diligently involved in initiating conversations with audiences, encouraging the engagement of local artists, students and the public.
Eins gallery was founded by its director, Tasos Stylianou, and his brother, Constantinos Stylianou.
Exhibition opening times:
Wed – Fri, 4 – 8pm
Sat 11am – 2pm
or by appointment
Eins Gallery
28 Themidos
3036 Limassol, Cyprus