Geometric Vision: Marianna Lourba, Yannis Michas, Opy Zouni
Curated by Alia Tsagkari
📅 September 16 to October 12, 2025
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@studiovaharidis
The exhibition proposes the parallel, side-by-side viewing of three distinct visions on the idea of geometry, placing emphasis on the reception and processing of geometric concepts by the three artists. Rather than imposing an art-historical narrative that would align the works with a specific school through morphological affinities or shared traditions of artistic language, “Geometric Vision” foregrounds geometry as a generative principle: the point of departure for a complex network of interconnections in which the artists’ approaches coalesce into a shared field of spatial relations.
Marianna Lourba (b. 1980) articulates a site-specific form of geometric abstraction derived from the architectural structures of the Aegean landscape: superimposed planes, emergent volumes, rounded angles, and monochrome surfaces that intensify the sense of depth. Precision of line and the rigorous organisation of spatial intervals function as structural principles that configure the visual field, where surface, abstraction, and geometry are interwoven.
Yannis Michas (1938–2008) treats geometry as a dynamic system grounded in the transformation of forms. His practice is characterised by the constant evolution of basic elements into new directions, shaped by the relationships they establish with one another. Distilling his observations of the contemporary world, Michas isolates forms that establish fields of interrelation.
Opy Zouni (1941–2008) developed an analytical configuration of perspective, rearranging prismatic angles within an illusionistic space. Triangular beams and chromatic planes escalate, constructing a parallel spatial field that unsettles the stability of visual experience. In her practice, geometry does not operate as limitation nor as a unilateral preoccupation; rather, it emerges as a constant provocation—a mechanism that activates the parallel unfolding of matter and extends the pictorial field.
