On Thursday October 1, 2020, ROMA GALLERY present a solo show by Yannis Michas (1938 – 2008) titled “A non-personal consistency: the logic of overlaying” curated by Emmanuel Mavrommatis. The quest which is taking shape through the exhibition programme of Roma Gallery about the current functionality of works that emerged in Greece 40 or 50 years back serves to highlight some historical points of reference. These points of reference identify and illuminate some historical origins of today’s artistic ideas and thus contribute to their enrichment, at the same time supplying art theory with new data. This, indeed, is the creative role of a gallery in tune with the spirit of the times: to demonstrate what may have been the foundations of contemporary artistic thinking, what elements of the past it may contain, what were the essential aspects of the artistic thinking of old and how that thinking contributed or continues to contribute socially.

Yannis Michas (1938 – 2008) studied from 1955 to 1958 in the workshop of Kostas Iliadis and then at the Ecole des Metiers d ‘Art in Paris, from where he graduated in 1962. In his first works, influenced by constructivism, he drew rows of successive shapes, which he accentuated with complementary colors. In an effort to free the geometric form from the borders of the canvas, he began in 1974 to create embossed diptychs and triptychs with various additional materials – copper, wood or aluminum – as well as wall sculptures. In the 1980s he created visual games with grids, cardboard, sheets, which are based on capturing the shadow of the object on the canvas with the help of color and airbrush. At the same time he connected his abstract works with specific thematic references, through a series of titles that referred to the image (“Dialogues”, “Crosses”, “Landscapes”). In 1990 he returned to painting with oil paintings and painted wood, which detected the balances of two or more geometric shapes and lines on a flat surface. He had presented his works in solo exhibitions in Greece and had participated in group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

 PRESS RELEASE

YANNIS MICHAS
(1938-2008)
“A non-personal consistency: the logic of overlaying”

Duration: 1.10 – 14.11  2020

 

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Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Crosses, Iron, 1995
200 x 200 x 500 cm
(Dimensions Variable)
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Wood Sculpture
85 x 75 x 150 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x215 , 1990
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Α+L 273, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
223,5 x 74 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
L+Χ+Μ (301, 302, 303, 304),1999
Black sheet metal, color and bronze
226 x 226 cm. (113 x 113 cm each)
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1972
Acrylic paint on wood
80 x 80 cm

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x247, 1990
Oil on canvas
170 x 130 cm

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x241, 1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x253, 1990
Oil on canvas
170 x 130 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Untitled
Mixed media on paper, 1995
75 x 75 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1971
Acrylic paint on wood
80 x 130 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition A+X 110, 1980
Mixed media on wood
130 x 160 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Λ+Χ+ΑΝ 340, 2004
Metal and paint
113 x 113 x 21 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1982
Mixed media on wood
110 x 200 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Untitled
Mixed media on paper, 1995
75 x 75 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition PL 130, 1983
Wire mesh, paint, wood
90 x 89 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x254 Ι+ΙΙ, 1990
Oil on canvas
170 x 260 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x235, 1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1980 -1983
Wire mesh, paint,
aluminum, wood
120 x 81 x 16 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition PL 135, 1983
Wire mesh, paint, wood
90 x 90 x 20 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x242, 1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, PL 132, 1983
Wire mesh, paint, wood
90 x 90 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Colored wood, 1974
200 x 300 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1972
Acrylic on wood
130 x 80,5 cm
Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition A+L x274, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
70 x 70 cm

YANNIS MICHAS
(1938-2008)
“A non-personal consistency: the logic of overlaying”

Duration:
1.10 – 14.11  2020

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Crosses, Iron, 1995
200 x 200 x 500 cm
(Dimensions Variable)

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Wood Sculpture
85 x 75 x 150 cm

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x215 , 1990
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Α+L 273, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
223,5 x 74 cm

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
L+Χ+Μ (301, 302, 303, 304),1999
Black sheet metal, color and bronze
226 x 226 cm. (113 x 113 cm each)

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1972
Acrylic paint on wood
80 x 80 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x247, 1990
Oil on canvas
170 x 130 cm

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x241, 1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x253, 1990
Oil on canvas
170 x 130 cm

 


Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Untitled
Mixed media on paper, 1995
75 x 75 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1971
Acrylic paint on wood
80 x 130 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition A+X 110, 1980
Mixed media on wood
130 x 160 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Λ+Χ+ΑΝ 340, 2004
Metal and paint
113 x 113 x 21 cm

 

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1982
Mixed media on wood
110 x 200 cm

 

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Untitled
Mixed media on paper, 1995
75 x 75 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition PL 130, 1983
Wire mesh, paint, wood
90 x 89 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x254 Ι+ΙΙ, 1990
Oil on canvas
170 x 260 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x235, 1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1980 -1983
Wire mesh, paint,
aluminum, wood
120 x 81 x 16 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition PL 135, 1983
Wire mesh, paint, wood
90 x 90 x 20 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition x242, 1990
Oil on canvas
130 x 100 cm

 

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, PL 132, 1983
Wire mesh, paint, wood
90 x 90 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Colored wood, 1974
200 x 300 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition, 1972
Acrylic on wood
130 x 80,5 cm

 

Yannis Michas
(1938 – 2008)
Composition A+L x274, 1993
Mixed media on canvas
70 x 70 cm