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AF-22-019 - SCULPTURAL SIGN

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By Alekos Fassianos

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Alekos Fassianos Estate and Carwan Gallery present the first retrospective of the late artist’s design works. The design language of Alekos Fassianos is characterised by simplicity and an imaginative, elevating mood, with his furniture reflecting his wider philosophy about human life: the artist believed that we should never rest on our laurels, and always seize the day to make the most of the life ahead of us. All his furniture is therefore designed for practicality rather than comfort and with the idea to keep its users actively engaged in body and spirit. At the same time, they are designed with a deep love for the human body, with smooth, rounded edges and using natural leather and materials that are friendly to the skin. Each object was designed by hand to be unique, reflecting Fassianos’s resentment for all mass-produced things. Made by the artist himself in collaboration with master artisans, the more than 100 incredible objects that he created for his family reflect the artist’s passion for beauty and detail. The exhibition presents a selection of seating, tables, lighting, painted ceramics, and other functional objects as museum artefacts, which will be reproduced for the first time in 2023. Carwan Gallery will replicate new, small editions of most of Fassianos’s design works, with the certification and collaboration of the Alekos Fassianos Estate — following the drawings and prototypes from the artist’s archive.

The images of the works are showing the original unique works which are not for sale. The limited editions that will be produced by Carwan Gallery may present some minor variations.

Dimensions

In / 76.7H x 13.7D
cm / 195H x 35D

Materials

Steel
Metal

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Description

The images of the works are showing the original unique works which are not for sale. The limited editions that will be produced by Carwan Gallery may present some minor variations.

Dimensions

In / 76.7H x 13.7D
cm / 195H x 35D

Materials

Steel
Metal

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Alekos Fassianos

Athens, Greece

Born in Athens during the interwar period, Alekos Fassianos (1935-2022) studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, before moving to Paris in 1960 with a scholarship by the French Government, to study lithography at the E?cole des Beaux-Arts. During his Paris years he met and became friends with eminent personalities of the French avant-grade, such as Louis Aragon and Jean-Marie Drot. While he befriended the Surrealists in Paris, Fassianos did not follow the European avant-garde of the 1960s, focusing instead on developing his own creative vocabulary — one imbued with Mediterranean light and the simplicity of Greek classical and folk art. Over the years, he created a beguiling vocabulary of humane, uplifting iconography that is unmistakably his own and quintessentially Hellenic. He even designed the spaces he lived in following a salon approach, where every detail serves to create a harmonious whole.

The design language of Alekos Fassianos is characterised by simplicity and an imaginative, elevating mood, with his furniture reflecting his wider philosophy about human life: the artist believed that we should never rest on our laurels, and always seize the day to make the most of the life ahead of us. All his furniture is therefore designed for practicality rather than comfort and with the idea to keep its users actively engaged in body and spirit. At the same time, they are designed with a deep love for the human body, with smooth, rounded edges and using natural leather and materials that are friendly to the skin.

1985: Knight (Chevalier) of the Order of Arts and Letters
1986: Officer (Officier) of the Order of Arts and Letters
2010: Officer of the Legion of Honour (Officier de la Légion d'Honneur)
2013: Officer of the National Order of Merit (Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite)
2020/2021: Commander (Commandeur) of the Order of Arts and Letters

Major Museum Exhibition
Permanent Colelction: Contemporary art collection, European Parliament; The Centre Pompidou; National Art Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, AthensCentre Pompidou (1983)Alekos Fassianos Museum, Athens (opened 2023)National Gallery – Corfu Annex Exhibition (June 2026 – January 2027)