An echo of sci-fi dystopia

A new exhibition opening in Nicosia in July will be the first solo show by Andrea Christodoulides. Titled Run, the Glasgow-based artist, who graduated from the Royal College of Art, London, the exhibition will be held at Garage in old Nicosia as of July 1, with a walking tour being held on the opening night led by the artist and curator Evagoras Vanezis.

“The drawings, paintings and works on fabric presented,” writes Vanezis, “are vibrant and colourful, conveying a mysterious atmosphere that invites the viewer to interpret a multi-layered and open-ended narrative.

“The works echo Christodoulides’ fascination with sci-fi dystopian novels, the breaking of the stereotypical coming of age tales, and her desire to imagine worlds where things could be otherwise. She creates by following the cracks of the real, which are approximated and folded onto surfaces that connect the inside and the outside and give texture to anxieties over the current contradictions in society.

“Spaces like the circus with its clowns and jesters, but also imaginary placeholders for a story of dancers and runners in disarray, which remains unfinished and suspended in time and place, reveal the peculiar appeal possessed by the eerie and the phantasmagorical. The works are informed by Christodoulides’ experimentation with formal elements, especially colour, shape, line, and pattern, and a working-through of the limits of the canvas and the history of painting.”

Run

Solo exhibition by Andrea Christodoulides. July 1-11. Garage, Nicosia. Opening night: 8pm with a walking tour at 8.30pm. Friday – Saturday:11am – 7pm. Sunday – Thursday: 5pm-8pm