A retrospective exhibit of Marcos Kambanis.
Marcos Kambanis, a multi-faceted creator with exceptional and rich work in painting, engraving and illustration of books, and iconography, presented an important selection of his work related to Mount Athos in the exhibit halls of the Mount Athos Center.
Over the course of the Second Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, which had as its general theme “Action: Art in Uncertain Times”, 110 artists from Greece and abroad (there were 56 group and individual projects) presented their works as a part of the main program. In the program of exhibits an array of “pre-biennale” exhibits, parallel exhibits, plans were also included, along with special educational programs for children and adults, workshops, and other productions. There were also a special website and publications for the event.
An interesting exhibit of photography, from a technical point of view and as a documentary perspective, about Mount Athos from the well-known Byzantinologist, member of the Academy of Athens, Panagiotis Vokotopoulos, husband of the ever remembered archeologist Ioulia Vokotopoulou, was opened on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in the confines of the Mount Athos Center at the Nedelkos Mansion.
On February 26, 1909 the foundation for the home of Ioannis Nedelkos was laid, based on plans of the Architect Xenophon Paionidis. In subsequent years the home would come to be known as the “Nedelkos Clinic”. The building, besides being a home, housed the physician’s office of Nedelkos’ son, Constantine Nedelkos, as well as a clinic which operated behind the home.
The great spiritual rays of Mount Athos, it’s impressive natural environment, the groups of monasteries with Byzantine and post-Byzantine architecture, the works of art, such as the frescoes, mosaics, the icons, treasures, the Byzantine typikon and the everyday life of the monks are imprinted in an impressive way in a work of art by Greek and foreign travelers and pilgrims, painters, photographers, and architects who have visited Mount Athos during the last five hundred years.
