…problem solved!
Acrylics, chalks and silicone on a wooden palette · 2021 403 views
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...it was the end of August 2020, a few days before my forty-fifth birthday, the moment in time that you realize that you have already lived more years than you have left to live! I was enjoying the COVID19 ''free'' Greek summer, when John Fante (1909 -1983) came to my life with the raw short story ??My dog, the Idiot?? (from the novel ??West of Rome??) He came to sign all these messages, which 10 years now, he tries to pass to me my own psychotherapist, my black Labrador Retriever. What did I learn? A dog constantly feels the need to express itself, to take a stand, to communicate, to be heard… A dog gives everyone a chance… He loves to be connected through touching, using his tongue and hates the imposition of social distancing, violence and repression, especially when they are imposed on him in his familiar environment and take him away from the people he loves! A dog loves immediacy in communication and positive training! A dog does not philosophize, does not seek to find excuses and does not lie. A dog in front of the mighty human lobby has no defenses. a dog leaves behind anything negative and toxic, but he does not erase it from his memory - he always keeps a small dose of defensive caution in him and as a true activist, as a graffiti artist, he marks his presence and continues his path…!
Constantinos Kalfountzos was born in Athens in 1975. From 1994 to 1998 he studied painting, printmaking and photography at the Fine Arts Academy of Lecce - Italy (Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce) with professors Giuseppe Lisi, Luigia Resta, Pierluigi Bolognini and the art critic Marina Pizzarelli. In November 2002, he made his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Centre of Larissa under the program of the K.S.T.L. and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Since September 2003 he lives and works in Rethymno Crete. Works of him, belongs to the collection of the Fine Arts Academy of Lecce, to the collection of Contemporary Art Centre of Larissa, as well as in private collections in Greece and abroad. He is a member of the Hellenic Chamber of Fine Arts. Important Exhibitions: 2016 Common Place International art exhibition Church of St. Sophia, Rethymnon - 4-17 July 2016 Organization:Artists Association to Promote Art - KatARTi, Art TeeToTuM Group 2015 The children ridicule art exhibition based on the "Children's Muse" of Manousos Fassis. House of Culture, Rethymno - 28 November to 6 December 2015 Organized Philomousos Mystakiki Company Vienna and Artists Association to Promote Art - KatARTi 2015 International Design Contest MEDUSA ART & CRAFT 2015 '' Trans-Mediterranean cultural contamination '' Palazzo Lia, Presicce (Lecce Italy) July 19 to August 2, 2015 by Noùs-Associazione 2014 The transformation of the paper Church of St. Sophia, Rethymnon - 9-19 May 2014 organization: Artists Association to Promote Art - KatARTi 2007 Deconstructing life phototherapy 2007 in collaboration with the Cultural Association Rehearsal and Chr. Karadaki Artillery Building, Fortezza - Rethymno Under the 21th Renaissance Festival of Rethymnon 2005 12 Artists, Tracks 12 Building Artillery, Fortezza - Rethymno Under the 19th Renaissance Festival of Rethymnon 2002 Rolling Lifes VISUAL CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART - Larissa solo exhibition 1998 CAMMINAMENTO - GALLERIA DELL 'ACCADEMIA - Lecce, Italy KONTEMPORANE ARTE - Salle des fetes, Saint Germain Les Corbeil - Paris, France 1997 ORIGINI - GALLERIA MONOPOLI - Pavia, Italy TERRA E IMMAGINE - GALLERIA DELL 'ACCADEMIA - Lecce, Italy PRIMAVERA SALENTINA - BIBLIOTECA CARACCIOLO - Lecce, Italy DIALOGO CONTEMPORANEO - GALLERIA MACCAGNANI - Lecce, Italy 1996 OSCAR DELL 'ARTE '96 - HOTEL PRESIDENT - Lecce, Italy
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