Liana Pattihis: Alysodeméno

Book / Catalogues Monograph

Published: 01.01.2008

Editor:: Akis Pattihis

Text by:: Caroline Broadhead, Charon Kransen, Liana Pattihis

Edited by:: Liana Pattihis Art Jewellery

Edited at:: London

Edited on:: 2010

Technical data:: 80 pages, softcover + flaps, full colour images, text in English, Englishd & Greek quotes, 21cm x 15cm

ISBN / ISSN:: 978-1-4507-3419-6

Price:: from 16 €

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Inner pages

The title Alysodeméno is used here primarily as a metaphor. The work not only involves enamel which is ‘chain bound’, but also reflects a personal visual language. As the future is inexorably linked to the past and the traditional is tied to the contemporary, so is the strong undivided link between what represents me as an artist and my Greek-Cypriot heritage.

Alysodeméno meaning ‘Chained’, represents a body of work, a journey in time that links pieces created from 2005 to today, from my early experimentations with enamel, through to the ‘knitted chain’ and ‘Istos’- ‘Webb’ series, which are inspired by the intricate lace and embroidery of traditional Greek costumes.

The title Alysodeméno is used here primarily as a metaphor. The work not only involves enamel which is ‘chain bound’, but also reflects a personal visual language. As the future is inexorably linked to the past and the traditional is tied to the contemporary, so is the strong undivided link between what represents me as an artist and my Greek-Cypriot heritage.