Oct
04
2008
| Byzantine icons exhibit in Romania |
| Γράφει ο/η Θεόφιλος Δουμάνης | |
| 03.10.08 | |
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The Hellenic Foundation for Culture begins its educational and cultural activities in Romania with the large exhibition of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine icons “From the Incarnation of Logos to the Theosis of Man” at the National Museum of Art. At the beginning of October, together with the opening of the exhibition on October 6, 2008, the inauguration of the Foundation’s Centre in Bucharest will also be held. The exhibition has been organized in collaboration with the National Museum of Art of Bucharest, and it will be opened on 6 October. The curator of the exhibition is Nikos Zias, professor of the History of Art at Athens University. The exhibition aims to promote the spirituality of the Orthodox faith as expressed in art during the zenith of the Byzantine Empire and as preserved during the difficult period of the Ottoman occupation. The icons, as visitors to the exhibition will discover, reveal the unity of the spiritual expression of Byzantine art, which is more pronounced in works of the Byzantine period, although the personal creativity of the artists at different times and in different places can be discerned. The exhibition also aims to show why the existence of icons was so important for the Byzantine world. The Mosaic prohibition on portraying God is overcome, for now with the birth of Christ one Person of the Holy Trinity becomes visible and therefore can be depicted. Likewise man, with the incarnation of Christ, may be deified by grace and depicted just as Christ can be. Thus art—and these specific techniques even more so —verifies the Incarnation of the Logos, and also the possibility of the deification of man by grace. The 65 icons in the exhibition come from the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, the Museum of Byzantine Culture of Thessalonica, the Museum of Veroia, the Museum of Kastoria and the Benaki Museum. A distinct unit is made up of the 14 icons by Theodore Poulakis from the Kontominas collection, all works that depict themes from the Old Testament. The icons belong to the Post-Byzantine Cretan School, which combines Byzantine technique with influences from Western European art. As part of the opening of the exhibition, there will be a performance of “Memories of the Theotokos”, directed by G. Remoundos—a Byzantine work for actress (Katerina Chelmi), solo singer (G. Remoundos), choir of chanters and Byzantine choir, with selected extracts from the Gospels that refer to memories of the Mother of God from the life and Passion of Christ (November 10-11).
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