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Currents of Classical Creation (1923 – 1969)

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1 February – 13 March 2010 / Exhibition room of “P” tobacco warehouse, Xanthi

Exhibition curated by: Nina Kassianou, Vangelis Ioakimidis
Co-organization TMP / Foundation of Thracian Art and Tradition/ Municipality of Xanthi
Production: TMP
From the TMP and the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutzos Museum, the Photographic Archive of the Benaki Museum and the Skopelos Photography Center archives and collections.

Xanthi is the next stop for the exhibition following Heraklion (Crete). The exhibition is realized as part of the Thracian Folkloric Feast of the city, which is carried out from 1966. The exhibition attempts to outline the tendencies developed in the history of Greek photography from the mid-war to the 1970’s through the 190 works of eleven important Greek photographers: Andreas Embeirikos, Konstantinos Zimeris, Sokrates Iordanidis, Dimitris Letsios, Spyros Meletzis, Nelly’s, Theodoros Nikoleris, Voula Papaioanou, Yiannis Stylianou, Dimitris Harissiadis, Maria Chroussachi.

Exhibition series: Dialogues: Classic and Contemporary Greek Artists