Chronis Botsoglou

Chronis Botsoglou: A tribute presents a specific artistic period of artist Chronis Botsoglou that came to be known as "References" (2007-2009), as well as a trailer of the newly launched documentary by filmmaker Freddy Vianellis "Chronis Botsoglou".

References (2002-2009) correspond to a specific artistic period of painter Chronis Botsoglou, during which he created more than 75 oil paintings, watercolours, sculptural objects, and drawings, depicting “imaginary” portraits of five leading artists of the previous century: Francis Bacon, Vincent Van Gogh, Alberto Giacometti, Giorgos Bouzanis and Yannoulis Chalepas.

Botsoglou usually presents his works in thematic units large or small, sometimes following one upon the other and seem to be illustrating the developmental stages of his artistic quests, and at others are worked in parallel and developed more independently.

This presentation centres on seven portraits from these series that are part of The Sotiris Felios Collection.

Directed by filmmaker Freddy Vianellis, this newly launched documentary depicts Chronis Botsoglou's artistic path through lost recordings, readings of his personal notes, as well as a long discussion with the painter's wife & muse, Eleni. The documentary also shows footage from discussions between Botsoglou and his contemporaries, such as Yiannis Psychopaidis and Makis Theofylaktopoulos, as well as from exhibitions organised by “The other Arcadia” Foundation in Rome and Venice.

Chronis Botsoglou (b. 1941). He studied at Athens School of Fine Arts (1960-1965) under the artist Yannis Moralis. In 1970 he continued his studies at the Parisian École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In 1989 he was elected Professor of Painting at A.S.F.A., and in 2001 Dean of the University. He has been associated with various political artist groups, and also published a number of books, and a poetry collection. He lives and works in Athens.