11th August 2008
An exciting exhibition of new work by Fiona Athanassaki opens in The Vestry Room, The Empire Gallery, London. Fiona is a London based painter and this is her follow on show after her successful solo show at the Spitz Gallery in 2006.
She works with a mixture of paint mediums, using traditional techniques such as gilding combined with a variety of other materials to explore their interaction, contrasts and textures producing images radiant with colour and vibrancy. Her painting is influenced by landscape primarily from the Mediterranean. Using simple abstract forms and colour, surfaces are worked on with glazes to build up a layered transparency and to create a sensation of depth. These paintings are explosive experiments into the world of colour.
Part of the first Thursday of the month late openings of East London Art Galleries. The Exhibition runs until Sunday the 10th of August. Exhibition times; weekdays 10am-6pm Sat/Sun 12-6pm.
The Vestry Room, The Empire Gallery, 30 Vyner Street, London E2 9DQ. Nearest tube Bethnal Green.
Directions to the Empire Gallery
Take the right exit out of Bethnal Green tube station towards the V&A Museum of Childhood. Walk straght on, past the V&A Museum of Childhood on your right, along Cambridge Heath Road. Walk for about 5 minutes and Vyner Street is on your right. Look for the 'Degree Art Open ' sign and you're there!
