New Era 3rd February - 24th February 2021
exhibition II
room III www.artnumber23.uk | London - Athens
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1.ANNA KARVOUNARI 2.WAN-RU LIN 3.OLGA LORENZ 4.HELEN BIRNBAUM 5.CIHAN ÜNALAN 6.MERAV LEIBKÜCHLER 7.CHRYSA TSIRIMOKOU
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art number 23 London • Athens
Art Number 23 is a London based organisation with two physical Gallery spaces in London and in Athens and also a Virtual Gallery! We are organising art exhibitions in all our Galleries and we invite artists from all over the world to share their work with us and participate in our shows! The aim is to create opportunities, in order to encourage and support artists to exhibit and promote their work.
ANNA KARVOUNARI @ana.rchisme
I’m a Greek born ,self-taught photographer and visual storyteller. I make conceptual self-portraits and I use the solitary female figure in my images.Self-portraiture for me is an exercise in self-exploration. I get inspired by paintings, movie scenes but mostly I have been affected by dark art.
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The red gloves, 30x45 cm Digital PhotographySelf-Portrait
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WAN-RU LIN @rurubombltd
Wan-Ru Lin was born in Taiwan but lives and works in London. Fascinated by the possibilities of photography and videography, Wan-Ru has engaged analogue dark-room techniques alongside digital images and documentary videos. With a focus on process and aesthetics, Wan-Ru has approached topics including dream, time, environment and manipulation of materials, light and photographic technologies, always questioning the possibility of the image. This work aims to showcase nature in its true state. Rather than disguising or omitting the unsightly litter created by humans, Wan-Ru chooses to highlight it and asks the viewer to confront any feelings that may arise from this juxtaposition of natural and man-made forms.
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Ouch! What’s That??? Pink Plastic Bag? ·560x760x50 mm Digital Photography (Bespoke Spacer frame with Art Glass)
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OLGA LORENZ @temporary_lorenz
Art is the moment and the eternity simultaneously. We can only hope to overcome their unavoidable and ironic collision. In fine art, there is only a particular moment of life that you can capture. There is only a moment, that you can make eternal. You either see and capture the wind blowing fiercely, a neon coat in a gloomy city, the sky after snow in dull January, when all seems to be unbearable, the light at dawn when there’s so much hope for a better day, a wild garden at dusk in the heat, that has roasted all morning hopes, the sigh of regret, the real emotion of the young and the old denying of the worst and accepting only the best. With art, one can seize the moment to make it last forever – longer than a brief human life.
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'Hope36' ,80X80 cm Oilair painttextile collage on canvas
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HELEN BIRNBAUM @helenbirnbaumceramics
Ceramic Transmission considers the transmission of disease. Electronic sound components have been integrated into sculpted ceramic forms that can be activated by touch. Through touch, the sculptures enable greater understanding and interest in theories about disease and transmission. They are also activators of emotions evoked when memorable sounds are heard. These interactions represent the relationship between art and science through connections between ceramic material, sound, touch and vision.In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the spreading of the disease via touch, the interaction with the sculptures now takes place by scanning QR codes and the playing of sounds via smart devices such as mobile phones. Since the pandemic CERAMIC Transmission has been re-imagined as a commentary about a Liverpool community during the pandemic in ‘100 Hands’. I live and work in Skelmersdale, Lancashire surrounded by the 1960’s Modernist architecture and beautiful countryside that inspires much of my work.
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100 Hands - Covid Memorial - 100 hands, 20 cm x 17 cm each
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CIHAN ÜNALAN @cihanunalan
Ever since I was little, I have always been fascinated with the magnificent world of comics, movies, Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture in general. Growing up, they have become my main source of inspiration and filled me with all the inspiration a person needs in his life. Today, as a contemporary artist and a Professional Advertising photographer, I am still greatly inspired from those magical characters and their adventures which take place in galaxies far far away. With these inspirations at heart and the use of mix techniques like scaled set/model building to photography and 3D imagery, each artwork goes through a long creative journey with great attention to detail at every step.
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LA RELIQUE-60cmx48cm Metallic Fine Art Print
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MERAV LEIBKÜCHLER @meravleibkuechler Merav Leibküchler, born in Israel, is a Multidisciplinary artist based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Master’s degree in arts which she completed at the Ber lin University of Arts -UdK, and a ‘Recognition Award’ from the Helmut - Thoma Foundation. Her art has been featured in exhibitions around Europe and nominated for numerous awards and special mentions, among others the UdK President Preis. Her work draws ins piration from philosophical and metaphysical inquiries relating to time and space, focusing on the gap between presence and non existence.
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Micro Form-matter"XxF", 150x100cm Oil on canvas
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CHRYSA TSIRIMOKOU @xryssa.xr
In Chrysa Tsirimokou's undisclosed projects, the existence of objects, emotions, vibes are represented through images that she describes as timeless moments of untold stories. Her work speaks for the struggles of living in urban areas, the disposition and replacement of former necessities, the empathy that everyone seeks when walking in a pavement, the oppositions humans created in physical environments. It's all about the desire to find beauty in the unprofound.
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Disposed", 50 x 70 cm 6000 × 4000canon EOS 2000D
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