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"Day
of Creation", 1990
By Yannis Kourakis
(1955-1993)
Egg-tempera on cardboard, 70Χ100 cm.
Inv. No: P-56
"Field
C'", 1986
By Yannis Kourakis
(1955-1993)
Mixed technique on paper, 27,5Χ35,5 cm.
Inv. No.: P-57
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YANNIS
KOURAKIS (1955-1993)
Born
at Chania (Crete), Yannis Kourakis studied painting and history of art
at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford
(1973-1974) and the
University of Leeds
(1974-1978).
He continued his studies at the University of London (1978-1981),
where he specialized on art teaching, having at the same time taught
history of art, design and painting at the Amersham
College of Art.
He had his first one-man
exhibition in London (1980).
A series of other
solo and group shows followed both in Greece and abroad, including his
participation to the Biennale of
Alexandria.
A combination of descriptive and abstract expressionim, his work moves
between the search and its refutation. Yannis Kourakis passed
away suddenly in Athens (1993).
P.D.Cangelaris,
Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris
Collection, vol.2,
Athens 1999
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