Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou
Location: 6 Deligiorgi St., Audit Office of the Republic of Cyprus building, Nicosia. Nicosia district
Category: Modern sculpture
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The artwork was placed at the entrance of the building in 2007. It was commissioned by the Audit Office following the 1992 state law which requires all state entities to invest 1% of their annual budget in artworks which will be placed in their premises.
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Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou
Location: International Larnaka Airport front entrance. Larnaka district.
Material: Cement, inox, minerals, LEDs
Category: Modern sculpture
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
Theodoulos Gregoriou is the only artist among the nine who worked on the Larnaka airport project to have his works (Cells and Hourglass) outdoors.
The Cells were installed in 2009 and in a way they are connected to the nearby Hourglass. While the latter comments time-stream, the Cells refer to the basic carrier of life, and thus time, the biological cell. Cells bear certain configurations but at the same time retain the ability to evolve in infinite directions assuming a wide range of material forms, depending on the correlated ‘environment’. Gregoriou’ cells gestate audio sounds, and those cut in half project on their flat surface images of time and life.
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~ Toumazis, Yiannis. 2009. Sense of Place. Nicosia.
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Alliance Citius, Altius, Fortius
Blue Paralympics Boxer
Collective Dream Free as the Wind
Japanese Girl With Ribbon
Olympic Spirit Stainless Dreams
Synchronized Swimming Without an end
Afanis Armonie
Afanis Armonie
General view of Olympic Hall Sculptures
Olympic Hall Sculptures
Olympic premises, Amphipolis Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The initiative for the artworks was taken in 2006 by the Cyprus Olympic Committee.
Today, twelve artworks made by eleven Cypriot or Cypriot based artists are placed on the ground floor of the Cyprus Olympic premises. All of them refer to the Olympic spirit. In addition to the Cyprus Olympic Committee, each artwork was sponsored by a private entity.
In front of the Olympic premises is placed Philippos Yiapanis’ Olympic Spirit. The unveiling took place on June 10th 2010. This artwork is the only one commissioned entirely by the Cypriot Olympic Committee.
Title: Alliance
Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou
Sponsor: Associations of ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59 fighters
Title: Synchronized Swimming
Artist: Klitsa Antoniou
Sponsor: Nikolas K. Shacolas
Title: Free as the Wind
Artist: Maria Papacharalambous
Sponsor: Aristo Developers
Title: Japanese Girl with Ribbon
Artist: Athina Antoniadou
Sponsor: Louis Group
Title: Blue Paralympics
Artist: Lia Lapithi Soukiouroglou
Sponsor: Amberia Global Ventures Ltd
Title: Stainless Dreams
Artist: Helene Black
Material: Stainless steel
Sponsor: Strovolos Cooperative Bank
Title: Citius, Altius, Fortius
Artist: Helene Black
Material: Stainless steel, laminated glass, solar beads, UV fluorescent light
Dimensions: 195 cm x 115 cm x 35cm
Sponsor: Stelios and Chrysi Aggelodimou family
Citius, Altius, Fortius was the ancient Olympic games’ motto for all the athletes. It means Quicker, Higher and Stronger, and underlines the value of personal achievements and completion.
Title: Afanis Armonie (Αφανής Αρμονίη)
Artist: Nikos Kouroussis
Sponsor: Laiki Group
The title “Hidden Harmony” (Αφανής Αρμονίη) makes part of Heraclitus’ sayings. Kouroussis artwork attempts to highlight the importance of that ancient Greek value in everyday life.
Title: Boxer
Artist: Giorgos Kypris
Sponsor: Laiki Group
Mohamed Ali was the inspiring model for Giorgos Kypris’ work who attempts to capture the athlete’s rhythm through the repetition of the form.
Title: Collective Dream
Artist: Melita Couta
Sponsor: Phanos N. Epiphaniou Ltd
Melita Kouta’s work comments the power of the social body to encourage the athletes’ efforts.
Title: Without an end
Artist: Achilleas Kentonis
Sponsor: Hellenic Petroleum Cyprus (EKO) Ltd
Kentonis comments the athletic arena as the meeting point of humans’ best intentions and efforts.
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Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou
Location: Border crossing on Ledras pedestrian, Nicosia. Nicosia district.
Material: Cement and aluminum
Dimensions: 4.20 meters the diameter x 6 meters in height
Category: Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture
Photography: Adrienne Christiansen & Evangelia Matthopoulou
The initiative for the artwork was taken in 1992 by the Nicosia Municipality. The Ministry of Education and Culture ran a competition in April and May 1995. Theodoulos Gregoriou won and his work was donated to the Nicosia Municipality by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture on the occasion of the European Cultural Month.
In October 1995 the artwork was placed in front of the National Guard border crossing post at the end of Ledras street. Gregoriou’ work is only meters before the Green Line that divides Nicosia since 1963.
“The Resolution” is a protest to the violation of human rights. On the round cement basis of approximately a meter in height, part of the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is written in embossed Greek letters. A stack of steel lances diagonally arranged hit the center of the text, symbolically destroying it.
Theodoulos Gregoriou is a renowned contemporary artist with important presence in the international art scene. Because of the proximity to the crossing point his choice was based on the thought that the artwork should insinuate its meaning rather than aggressively state it. His aim was to capture the attention of those passing and engage them in a thought process.
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~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), March 29, 1995, p. 2.
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), October 10, 1995, p. 2.
~ Μάχη (Mahi), August 20, 1995, p. 17.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), July 19, 1995, p. 4.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 11, 1995, p. 19.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.8, document December 30, 1992.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.18, document July 17, 2008.
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Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou
Location: International Larnaka Airport front entrance. Larnaka district.
Material: Stainless steel, aluminum, LEDs
Category: Modern sculpture
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
Theodoulos Gregoriou is the only artist among the nine who worked on the Larnaka airport project to have his works (Hourglass and Cells) outdoors. Hourglass was installed in 2009 and measures “time through civilization where the past meets the future”. The steel cones are reminiscent to the cypress trees, closely connected with afterlife in the Greek tradition. The three steel heads, two male and one female squeezed between the mass of the cones, are emblematic of respective periods of ancient Greek art.
Selected sources:
~ Toumazis, Yiannis. 2009. Sense of Place. Nicosia.
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