Yorgos Maraziotis. Blue Moon
Critic's commentary:
Blue Moon treats architecture like a memory that refuses to stay still. Maraziotis splices salvaged fragments with glints of neon, letting ghosts of former residents seep into the present. The work unsettles the line between home and stage, asking whether belonging is built from walls—or from what slips between them.
PRESS RELEASE
«Blue Moon»: Solo Exhibition by Yorgos Maraziotis
at the K-Gold Temporary Gallery
K-Gold Temporary Gallery presents Blue Moon, a solo exhibition by Yorgos Maraziotis, curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis. This site-specific installation explores notions of habitation and human connection through a new series of sculptures and spatial interventions.
Continuing his investigation into the identities of public and private spaces, Maraziotis creates works that shift between the real and the imagined. He delves into the concept of displacement and the tension that arises when objects are removed from their original context and reappear charged with new meanings. This shift speaks not only to material transformation but also to the lived experience of moving from one place to another.
The exhibition originates from oral testimonies collected from former residents of the neoclassical house that now hosts K-Gold Temporary Gallery, located in the village of Agia Paraskevi on Lesvos island. These voices are translated into dynamic works made of neon, marble, metal, and mirror. In parallel, the artist reintegrates architectural elements that had been removed during the building's renovation—material anchors of memory and links to the past.
The result is a hybrid landscape at once familiar and unexpected. A theatrical setting where personal and collective narratives interweave into a journey through fragments of stories and emotions.
The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual (Greek/English) publication featuring a conversation between the artist and Sam Steverlynck (curator, S.M.A.K. Ghent), designed by Marlon Tate.
Curated by: Nicolas Vamvouklis
Yorgos Maraziotis (b. 1984, Athens) is a visual artist based in Antwerp. He studied fine arts in Belgium, the USA, and the UK. His work has been exhibited internationally at art galleries, institutions, and museums, including Marres (Maastricht), AC Institute (New York), the 7th Thessaloniki Biennale, the School of Visual Arts (New York), the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Box Freiraum (Berlin), the CICA Museum (South Korea), the Benaki Museum (Athens), Matadero Madrid, and the Tinguely Museum (Basel). He was a resident artist at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Duration: 12 July - 31 August 2025
Visiting hours: Tuesday –Saturday 11:00-19:00 | Sunday 10:00-16:00 | Monday: Closed
Where: K-Gold Temporary Gallery
INFO: Agia Paraskevi, 81102 Lesvos, Greece | +30 6942202222 | kgoldtemporarygallery.tumblr.com | kgoldtemporarygallery@yahoo.com | @kgoldtemporarygallery
Founded in 2014 on the island of Lesvos, K-Gold Temporary Gallery brings contemporary art closerto everyone through innovative cultural and educational programs. It is a co-founder of theMIRAMAR network, supporting artistic mobility and professional development across Europe andthe Mediterranean. Recent creative collaborations include Athens Conservatoire, Institut français,the Municipality of Milan, and Mediterranea Young Artists Biennale.