Curated by Dimitris Paleocrassas and Maria Marangou
We came from an abyss of darkness; we end in an abyss of darkness: the interval of light between one and another we name life.
Nikos Kazantzakis
NEON’s exhibition, Flying over the Abyss, establishes a creative dialogue between works from the D.Daskalopoulos Collection and Ascesis: The Saviors of Gods (Ασκητική), the spiritual exercises written by the renowned Cretan thinker, Nikos Kazantzakis, tracing the journey towards enlightenment from the time of birth until death. The original manuscript of Ascesis is on display courtesy of The Nikos Kazantzakis Museum.
Artists | Marina Abramović, Alexis Akrithakis, Matthew Barney, Hans Bellmer, Lynda Benglis, John Bock, Louise Bourgeois, Heidi Bucher, Vlassis Caniaris, Paul Chan, Savvas Christodoulides, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Stavros Gasparatos, Gilbert & George, Robert Gober, Asta Gröting, Jenny Holzer, Kostas Ioannidis, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Giorgos Koumendakis, Sherrie Levine, Stathis Logothetis, Ana Mendieta, Maro Michalakakos, Bruce Nauman, Aliki Palaska, Ioanna Pantazopoulou, Doris Salcedo, Kiki Smith, Paul Thek, Costas Tsoclis, Mark Wallinger, Gary Webb.
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