{"id":90587,"date":"2025-01-13T16:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/?p=90587"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:25:52","slug":"theodoros-sculptor-in-lieu-of-a-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/exhibitions-en\/theodoros-sculptor-in-lieu-of-a-retrospective","title":{"rendered":"THEODOROS, SCULPTOR: IN LIEU OF A RETROSPECTIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Theodoros, sculptor &#8211; In Lieu of a Retrospective <\/em>exhibition is the first attempt to interpret and present the work of sculptor Theodoros after his death. It brings together a significant body of his work, as well as the abundant archival material that the sculptor bequeathed to EM\u03a3T | The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. The exhibition aims to highlight his profound and forward thinking, the most notable examples of his oeuvre, and the overall trajectory of a contemporary artist who left an important legacy in the field of sculpture in Greece through his words and works. Theodoros aimed to revitalise sculptural language and bring it to the fore in an era dominated by printed and audiovisual communication. As part of this quest, he became a pathfinder of pioneering and contemporary creative practices, realising performances, sound sculptures, and conceptual works while also introducing early attempts at a unique institutional critique for the first time in Greece. Throughout his work, he emphasised the artist\u2019s social and political role and the significance of incorporating creative voices into public discourse. Theodoros put these concepts into action by maintaining a consistent and distinct presence in the mainstream media, including newspapers, radio, and television. Drawing inspiration from Theodoros\u2019 exhibition practice and critical commentary on institutional function, the exhibition design foregrounds the limitations and potentialities of a retrospective museum display. To subvert the inherent single person-centric and past-oriented nature of a retrospective exhibition, works by five contemporary Greek artists &#8211; Nikos Arvanitis, Paky Vlassopoulou, Iris and Leda Lykourioti (A Whale\u2019s Architects), Kostas Bassanos, and Yiannis Papadopoulos, &#8211; are presented in the exhibition. All have critically engaged with similar enduring problematics on their own, and are presented alongside Theodoros\u2019 works.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is part of the presentation program of the EM\u03a3T Collection and takes place on the 2nd floor of the Museum. The exhibition&#8217;s scenography has been designed by architect and scenographer Yannis Arvanitis and organizes groups of works within specially designed new exhibition spaces that flow seamlessly into one another, culminating in an unexpected environment where the artworks and visitors coexist. The entire space has been radically transformed to also accommodate future exhibitions of the Collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Theodoros, sculptor &#8211; In Lieu of a Retrospective exhibition is the first attempt to interpret and present the work of sculptor Theodoros after his death. It brings together a significant body of his work, as well as the abundant archival material that the sculptor bequeathed to EM\u03a3T | The National Museum of Contemporary Art, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":90486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-exhibition-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,34],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90587"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95633,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90587\/revisions\/95633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emst.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}