ARTIST PROFILE

Penelope Vlassopoulou

  • Greece (b. 1977 in Athens)
  • Currently in Athens, Greece.
  • Multidisciplinary artist exploring the poetic potential of urban elements and the city as a link to common human experience.
Metamorphosis/Athens, Trace A, Carbon sheet Improvisation in two  sessions I, front and back

Metamorphosis/Athens, Trace A, Carbon sheet Improvisation in two sessions I, front and back

  • 2014
  • Ink on Paper, Paper, Paper
  • carbon sheet
  • 21 x 15 cm
  • 8 x 6 in

  • Part of a series of improvisational drawings made with carbon sheet, discarded by an Athens clothes remodeling shop, on salvaged packaging paper from a conservation laboratory in Athens.

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    Metamorphosis/Athens | 2014 - 2015

Metamorphosis/Athens is the first installment of the project Metamorphosis, as well as its most recent. It explores the poetic potential of urban architectural elements, like manhole covers and pavement tiles, and the way memory is embodied in the city.