THE CANGELARIS COLLECTION
OF CONTEMPORARY GREEK PAINTING

Panayotis D. Cangelaris started forming "The Cangelaris Collection of Contemporary Greek Painting" at the end of 1978. An art lover with inclination to painting and aesthetics himself, he found in this alternative another expression of his collecting proneness. The Cangelaris Collection comprises exclusively paintings of Greek artists who are living at the time of acquisition.

Modern Greek painting has shown a large range of artists, many of whom have distinguished themselves in Greece and abroad. Far from being limited by the influence of international art tendencies they are capable of making a genuine contribution themselves, shaping forces and trends and breaking new grounds fertile enough to feed the future.

The multiplicity and profusion of their strivings and the eloquence and expressive truth of their observations are striking. In their work, one can easily distinguish the forms, current questionings and experimental configurations. Although art is now becoming more and more international, the special character associated with the artist's country is never entirely lost, nor is his individual touch or his link with the past, his contact with the present and his hope for the future.

The paintings of The Cangelaris Collection represent a wide range of the Greek contemporary art tendencies. From the abstract to the surrealist and hyper realist, and from the expressionist to the post-modern and the cubist, all trends are represented to these works of art.

Part of the Collection has been already displayed at the Panayotis D. Cangelaris permanent or temporary residences in Greece (Psychico, Kastro, Kolonaki and Kifissia) and abroad (Berlin, Geneva, Islamabad and Hannover).  A selection of large size paintings had been shown to the general public, as well, for almost a year and a half (1992-1993) at the Gallery of the Greek Consulate General in Alexandria - Egypt, in the exhibition:  "Contemporary Greek Painting from the Cangelaris Collection".  Another selection of paintings is actually in display (2008-2009) at the Psychico Municipal Picture Gallery, in the exhibition:  "Contemporary Greek Painting:  The Cangelaris Collection".

Furthermore, a number of works from the Collection has been given on loan and displayed in:

Retrospective exhibitions of the artists:
Michalis Katzourakis, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica 2001 and School of Fine Arts, Athens 2002
Alecos Fassianos, National Gallery, Athens 2004-2005
Yiannis Valavanidis, Frissiras Museum, Athens 2005
Dimos Skoulakis, Frissiras Museum, Athens 2006

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