{"id":3451,"date":"2019-05-15T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/detail\/art\/30369189"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:00:56","slug":"modern-sculpture-meets-ancient-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greekislandyachtholiday.com\/modern-sculpture-meets-ancient-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<section class=\"p\">\n<h2>A unique exhibition on the small island of Delos sparks a conversation about time<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A STONE\u2019S throw from the Greek island of Mykonos lies Delos, an uninhabited islet a world away from its neighbour\u2019s glamorous nightlife.<\/p>\n<p>It is there, on an island best known for its archaeological treasures, that British contemporary artist Antony Gormley is showing 29 of his sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>Gormley is perhaps best known for his gigantic Angel of the |North, a 20-metre high steel |work that since 1998 has been |an unmissable landmark in its home at Gateshead, northern England.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"commented-out-html\" style=\"display: none;\"> yenko in read content <\/span> <span class=\"commented-out-html\" style=\"display: none;\"> end yenko in read content <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/img\/photos\/2019\/May\/10\/034da8377f44a652cb95392e91a43a28.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A visitor sits next to the statue \u201cWater\u201d by renowned British artist Antony Gormley, part of his exhibition \u201cSight\u201d at the archaeological site of the island of Delos, a Unesco World Heritage Site.\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But this new exhibition \u2013 including five works specially created for the event \u2013 sets his contemporary work among the remains of ancient Greece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an extraordinary responsibility,\u201d Gormley told journalists at the opening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing privilege to occupy a site that hasn\u2019t been occupied by a living artist for more than 2,000 years \u2013 that\u2019s a bit of a challenge isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The archaeological finds on Delos date back as far as the 3rd millennium BC up to the Hellenic era of classical Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Its Unesco World Heritage listing describes it as an \u201cexceptionally extensive and rich\u201d site, reflecting its past as a cosmopolitan port.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is intended as a dialogue between contemporary civilisation and the past, says Elina Kountouri, who heads up Neon, the non-profit that organised the show along with London\u2019s Whitechapel Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/img\/photos\/2019\/May\/10\/a5d4cff65cc2f1d948b40bc0b5b660b6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The statue \u201c6 times left\u201d by Gormley stands in the sea at the entrance of the port of the island of Delos in Greece.\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A mark of the respect accorded to the site is that none of Gormley\u2019s sculptures have been placed inside the ruins of the ancient sanctuaries of the Greek gods Apollo and Artemis.<\/p>\n<p>According to Greek myth, Delos is where the two gods \u2013 brother and sister \u2013 were born.<\/p>\n<p>Gormley\u2019s silhouettes in steel have been installed on different parts of the island, which covers only 3.5 square kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>Some can be seen as you approach the island by boat from Mykonos, such as the figure of man standing at the northern extremity of Delos.<\/p>\n<p>Another stands in the water at the entry to the island\u2019s port, a third at the entrance to an ancient site. For Gormley, Delos is \u201can extraordinary place to think about the human project&#8230;\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And of his exhibition, he says: \u201cFor me this is a conversation about time. I think sculpture deals with time in an era (when) nobody has time. \u201cFor me, Delos as an island has this light and atmosphere and feeling that it timeless \u2013 or outside the industrial time we are living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even if ancient gods are gone, we worship at other altars today, he adds. \u201cI don\u2019t live in a world that is commanded or guided by gods,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/img\/photos\/2019\/May\/10\/22f605c2d37f8bdd81ec2eaab02d777c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The sculpture \u201cShare\u201d overlooks the island of Delos.\/AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI live in a world that seems to be ruled by money and I\u2019m trying both to resist that and recognise it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been for me a real learning curve: how to listen to the marks that are already here \u2013 how to respond to the geology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gormley\u2019s exhibition, \u201cSight\u201d, runs on the island until October 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationmultimedia.com\/detail\/art\/30369189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique exhibition on the small island of Delos sparks a conversation about time A STONE\u2019S throw from the Greek island of Mykonos lies Delos, an uninhabited islet a world away from its neighbour\u2019s glamorous nightlife. It is there, on an island best known for its archaeological treasures, that British contemporary artist Antony Gormley is showing 29 of his sculptures. &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greekislandyachtholiday.com\/modern-sculpture-meets-ancient-greece\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.5 (Yoast SEO v19.11) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece | GREEK ISLAND YACHT HOLIDAY<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greekislandyachtholiday.com\/modern-sculpture-meets-ancient-greece\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A unique exhibition on the small island of Delos sparks a conversation about time A STONE\u2019S throw from the Greek island of Mykonos lies Delos, an uninhabited islet a world away from its neighbour\u2019s glamorous nightlife. 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