Athanasios Argianas
Athanasios Argianas (Athens, 1976) lives and works between Athens and London.
Rooted primarily in sculpture, and spanning painting, text, performance and music, his artistic practice is open, interdisciplinary and deeply influenced by a background in music.
His work operates in a realm between affect and methodology.
Interested in how a song or written language can physically occupy physical space, or how a natural form can generate a piece of music, he looks into the physicality of sculpture as opposed to the immateriality of music and language; often employing arbitrary, invented systems of subjective translations.
Hollowed Water, his first major solo show in a public institution in the UK, was on view at Camden Art Centre, London, in 2020, and toured to ARCH, Athens in 2021. He has held solo exhibitions at Renata Fabbri, Milan (2022–23); On Stellar Rays, New York (2017, 2015, 2013); Aanant & Zoo, Berlin (2015, 2013); Max Wigram Gallery London (2011, 2009, 2007); The Breeder, Athens (2011, 2007); and Arcade (with Len Lye), London (2008), amongst others.
Selected gallery group shows include Madragoa, Lisbon (2022); Lisson Gallery, London (2016); Mor Charpentier, Paris (2011); RODEO, Istanbul (2011); and Grimm, Amsterdam (2010).
His work was featured at the 30th São Paulo Biennial (2012), Documenta 14 (2017), Fridericianum, Kassel (2017); Kunsthalle Wien (2016); Fondazione Prada, Ca Corner della Regina, Venice (2014); Performa 13, New York (2013); Tate Britain, London Art Now Live (2011), Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London and The Barbican Art Gallery, London (2008).
Species Counterpoint, a monograph on his work was co-published in 2021 by Lenz, Milan, with Camden Art Centre, London, and ARCH, Athens with essays by Dan Fox, Quinn Latimer, Jennifer Kabat and an interview with the artist and Martin Herbert.
He releases music with the Lo Recordings label in London (under his own name and the moniker Gavouna) and runs Daedalus Street with Rowena Hughes, a project facilitating the development of new artworks by invited artists in their studio in Athens.
Athanasios Argianas (Athens, 1976) lives and works between Athens and London.
Rooted primarily in sculpture, and spanning painting, text, performance and music, his artistic practice is open, interdisciplinary and deeply influenced by a background in music.
His work operates in a realm between affect and methodology.
Interested in how a song or written language can physically occupy physical space, or how a natural form can generate a piece of music, he looks into the physicality of sculpture as opposed to the immateriality of music and language; often employing arbitrary, invented systems of subjective translations.
Hollowed Water, his first major solo show in a public institution in the UK, was on view at Camden Art Centre, London, in 2020, and toured to ARCH, Athens in 2021. He has held solo exhibitions at Renata Fabbri, Milan (2022–23); On Stellar Rays, New York (2017, 2015, 2013); Aanant & Zoo, Berlin (2015, 2013); Max Wigram Gallery London (2011, 2009, 2007); The Breeder, Athens (2011, 2007); and Arcade (with Len Lye), London (2008), amongst others.
Selected gallery group shows include Madragoa, Lisbon (2022); Lisson Gallery, London (2016); Mor Charpentier, Paris (2011); RODEO, Istanbul (2011); and Grimm, Amsterdam (2010).
His work was featured at the 30th São Paulo Biennial (2012), Documenta 14 (2017), Fridericianum, Kassel (2017); Kunsthalle Wien (2016); Fondazione Prada, Ca Corner della Regina, Venice (2014); Performa 13, New York (2013); Tate Britain, London Art Now Live (2011), Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London and The Barbican Art Gallery, London (2008).
Species Counterpoint, a monograph on his work was co-published in 2021 by Lenz, Milan, with Camden Art Centre, London, and ARCH, Athens with essays by Dan Fox, Quinn Latimer, Jennifer Kabat and an interview with the artist and Martin Herbert.
He releases music with the Lo Recordings label in London (under his own name and the moniker Gavouna) and runs Daedalus Street with Rowena Hughes, a project facilitating the development of new artworks by invited artists in their studio in Athens.
Athanasios Argianas, Song Machine (above you / beside you), 2022Oxidized aluminium, 63x50x17 cm. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan. Ph. Cosimo Filippini.
Athanasios Argianas, Extinction Harmonics (Pinna), 2022Sand cast aluminium, 90x55 cm. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan. Ph. Cosimo Filippini.
Athanasios Argianas, Extinction Harmonics (Turtle Shell x 2,5), 2022PETG, epoxy rain, polyester, brass fixing, 95x55x5 cm. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan. Ph. Cosimo Filippini.
Athanasios Argianas, Song Machine (taken aback / away and given away), 2022Copper plated aluminium, 66x48x15 cm. Ph. Cosimo Filippini. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan.
Athanasios Argianas, Lateral Waveforms (series), 2022Steel, tassel strings, 125x120 cm. Ph. Cosimo Filippini. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan.
Athanasios Argianas, Lateral Waveforms (series), 2022Steel, tassel strings, 65x70 cm. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan. Ph. Cosimo Filippini.
Athanasios Argianas, Clay Pressing nº 12, 2022Acrylic plaster, copper, Bougainvillea leaves, 35x35x15 cm. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan. Ph. Cosimo Filippini.
Athanasios Argianas, Clay Pressing no.12, 2022Acrylic plaster, copper, Bougainvillea leaves, 35x35x15 cm. Ph. Cosimo Filippini. Courtesy the artist and Renata Fabbri, Milan.
Athanasios Argianas, Reading Paintings (n02 binaural microphone & post-it notes, 2019Acrylic and gouche on card, artist frame
Two parts, 43 x 47,5 cm (with frame). Ph. Cosimo Filippini
Athanasios Argianas, Reading Paintings (n01 binaural microphone & post-it notes, 2019Acrylic and gouche on card, artist frame. Two parts, 43x47,5 cm (with frame). Ph. Cosimo Filippini
Athanasios Argianas, Song Machine 19, 2011Steel, text etched on brass, 200x400x200 cm. Installation view of Line at Lisson Gallery, London 2016. Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London.
Athanasios Argianas, The Length of a Strand of Your Hair, of the Width of Your Arms, Unfolded, 2010Work includes: Unstable Objects 3&4 (Copper-plated brass, nickel-plated aluminum, brass, bolts, and copper-plated pewter, approximately 40×30×40 cm each, 2010);
Paper through Wood, Wood through Paper 1–3 (Ammonium hydrosulphite on silver leaf, verdigris copper, tree branch, paper, and neodymium magnets, approximately 50×40×40 cm, 2010); Variable Dimensions Lecture (Contraction—Expansion),
(Two-channel video projection, black-and-white, sound 60 minutes, looped).
- Athanasios Argianas
- Ana Cardoso,
- Athanasios Argianas
Apr 14-16, 2023
VIP Preview Apr 13
Established
Pav.3 – Booth 07
- Athanasios Argianas
Dec 10, 2022 – Mar 12, 2023
Kunstpalais Erlangen
- Gaia De Megni
Apr 10-16, 2023
In all subway stations, Milan
- Tim Etchells
La Triennale, Milan
Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2023
Created by Tim Etchells and Ant Hampton
