Exhibition series:
Dialogues: Greek and Foreign Artists

Face to Faces (Face a Faces)
15/07-20/09/09

The exhibition is part of the parallel programme of the 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, 24.5 - 27.9.2009, Thessaloniki
www.thessalonikibiennale.gr

This exhibition is the second part of the exhibition "Face to Faces" (the first part with video-installation was presented at the French Institute of Thessaloniki), which includes 100 works by 12 Greek and 14 foreign artists, having as its topic the (self)portrait.

"Face to Faces" is an international joint exhibition of modern art, having France as its starting point. It constitutes part of the broader action entitled 'Dialogues d'Images' (Image Dialogues) and is an initiative of the 'Culturesfrance', an institution of the French Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs (previously known as AFAA or Association Francaise d'Action Artistique). The objective of this action is to establish an 'intercultural' dialogue between artists who live or work in France, with artists from other countries, on the common thematic of (self)portrait. The foreign artists are: Alain Bublex, Nan Goldin, Cecile Hartmann, Hans Hemmert, Suzanne Lafont, Dominik Lejman, Yuki Onodera, Roman Opalka, Orlan, Philippe Ramette, Francois Rousseau, Yann Toma, Jean Luc Vilmouth, Kimiko Yoshida.
The original 'body' of this exhibition tours around the world while, each time it is presented in a country, it gets further enhanced with the work of artists from that host country. The selection of the works has been made by two curators - the one of the touring exhibition and another from each host country. No need to mention that the aesthetic result is different each time.

At the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, along with the works of the original 'body', there will be presented works of the Greek photographers: Manolis Baboussis, Venia Bechraki, Athina Chroni, Christina Dimitriadis, Pavlos Fysakis, Georgios Katsaggelos, Panos Kokkinias, Evangelia Kranioti, Eleni Maligoura, Eleni Mouzakiti, Lia Nalbantidou, George Prinos.

Curator on part of Greece: Angeliki Grammatikopoulou
Curator on part of international participants: Ιsabelle de Montfumat

Production-Organization: State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Culturesfrance, General Consulate of France in Thessaloniki, French Institute of Thessaloniki