Greek painter Apostolos Georgiou and U.S. art critic Barry Schwabsky will give a talk titled “Situations” in Shekou on Saturday.

Georgiou is a leading painter in Greece and is increasingly recognized internationally. He will exhibit his works at Nanhai E-Cool from March 10 to Aug. 11. For Georgiou’s first exhibition in Asia, the Frank F. Yang Foundation is presenting some of the artist’s most recent works on both canvas and paper along with a selection of works from throughout his career, beginning in the 1970s.

Curator Schwabsky has titled the exhibition “Situations,” referring to how these figurative works present not stories, but something more like diagrams of relationships among people and things. Together, Georgiou and Schwabsky will discuss “situations” of all sorts, ranging from the situation of an artist from a small and ancient country to a globalized world to the situation of painting in the age of technology, among others.

Georgiou’ paintings seem absurd and clownish, though slowly the cloud of absurdity disappears and the acts become familiar feelings and situations. He chooses to paint things left unspoken in life: Abrupt outbursts from the inside take shape in the body of his heroes, men and women.

Time: 2-3:30 p.m., March 10

Venue: Education Studio, 2/F, Design Society|Sea World Culture and Arts Center, 1187 Wanghai Road, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口望海路1187号设计互联|海上世界文化艺术中心二楼公共教育空间)

Metro: Line 2 to Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A

(SD News)