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.
Trace disrupted by Chicago Board of Trade Security, Chicago Canyon public space documentation/intervention, Metamorphosis/USA

Trace disrupted by Chicago Board of Trade Security, Chicago Canyon public space documentation/intervention, Metamorphosis/USA

  • 2014
  • Wax crayon on Paper, Kozo paper
  • 43 x 56 cm
  • 17 x 22 in

  • Trace drawn from a plaque inside the Chicago Board of Trade. It captures the founding date and initial locations of the Board of Trade, but is incomplete due to the interruption of the process by the building's security guards. Photo: Christina Georgiadou
  • Trace disrupted by Chicago Board of Trade Security, Chicago Canyon public space documentation/intervention, Metamorphosis/USA - thumbnail Metamorphosis/USA, Chicago Canyon, public documentation/intervention - thumbnail Metamorphosis/USA, Chicago Canyon, documentation sample - thumbnail Metamorphosis/USA, Haymarket Square, public space documentation/intervention - thumbnail Metamorphosis/USA, Haymarket Square, documentation sample - thumbnail Metamorphosis/USA, 22/07/2014, Road America blueprint drawing III - thumbnail Metamorphosis/USA, Calendar of traces, 11/07/2014,  Electrical outbox, Michigan Avenue, Chicago - thumbnail

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    Metamorphosis/USA | 2014

Work created during a three month journey in the United States, July-October 2014. The practices of public intervention/performance and documentation became the focus of the creative process.