“The Drunk Bee” a piece by Kostas Lales

This piece symbolise a bee that it finally found itself sitting on the ground and trying to find the way to go back to the nest. She got too much nectar and she cannot fly. After a long week, she is really tired of going from one flower to the other and the thoughts that she has are how to handle this situation. The autumn is coming and she doesn’t have the strength to move her body because of the wind. Her body now just stuck like a sculpture that it stays motionless and cold.

Title: The Drunk Bee / 32in x 13in x 10in / Wood and Screws / 2024

Upcoming Exhibit opening October 14, stop by to meet the artists and discuss the work.  View the exhibit at:

https://www.slowart.com/limner/exhibits/heads23/index.htm

An artwork by Kostas Lales / Visual Artist based in NYC

Title : The memory’s Line

Materials : Wood, Acrylic, Plaster, Metal 

Year : 2023

Dimensions : 7ft x 17in x 17 in

klales.kl@gmail.com  / Website: laleskostas.com / @kostaslales_official / +1 5163951450

Group Show – Opening Night- Texnopoli Art Space in Athens, Gazi, GR

Artwork’s Title : “One Woman, One Universe” – 2023

Materials : Steel and Plaster.

Curated by: Thetis Marianou

The sculpture symbolizes the life of man, how he is born into this world and how he leaves it when he dies. The body is upside down, as a symbolic ticket to the underworld, the embodiment of the body with the earth. An upside-down puppet, showing us the destination of each one of us. Earth is a feminine planet of entity and creation. To give birth to a daughter means that you give birth to a mother.

Online Site (Instagram) : https://www.instagram.com/technopolis_athens/?hl=en

Email: thetism@gmail.com

Link : https://www.athens24.com/directory/technopolis-athens.html

Our breaths start from the rhythm of the heart. We feel them without seeing them. Throughout our lives, there are people with whom we share what our bodies produce. Air, water, temperature, and contact. The work “Broken Breaths”, expresses the opening of inhalation and exhalation as they are trapped within shape and volume, while at the same time, they are based on our thoughts and our stories.

Οι ανάσες μας ξεκινάνε από τον ρυθμό της καρδιά. Τις νιώθουμε χωρίς να τις βλέπουμε. Καθ’ όλη την διαρκεια της ζωή μας υπάρχουν άνθρωποι που μοιραζόμαστε μαζί τους ότι παράγει το σώμα μας. Αέρα, νερό, θερμοκρασία και επαφή. Το έργο ” Σπασμένες Ανασες”, δηλώνει το άνοιγμα της εισπνοης και της εκπνοής καθως εγκλωβίζονται μέσα στο σχήμα και στον όγκο, ενώ παράλληλα έχουν ως βάση τις σκέψεις μας και τις ιστορίες μας.

FokiaNou Art Space. 2023

Title: Broken Breaths

Dimensions: 1,58m x 25cm x 25cm

Year: 2022

Materials: Plaster, Wood, Spray paint.

“Forest’s DNA” by Kostas Lales

Κostas Lales: “Athens is a city which every now and then has endured many changes. The image of Athens today is that which is seen through the eyes of today’s citizen. The union, interaction, correlation and the abstract image are the 4 main elements that unite the attitude of all residents to the environment. ‘Forest’s DNA’, the work with which I participate in the exhibition ‘Leptogeos’ refers to the generations and to the nature of Greece. A Greece that for centuries has been reshaping people and living in the creation of today, without forgetting that this place is also part of our planet. The ceramic sculptures are united with the trunk of truth. A trunk that holds on it, the form and matter of people.”

School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Outro: World-Building Within and Outside the Studio,” an exhibition of thesis projects by MFA Fine Arts students, curated by Herb Tam. The exhibition will be on view from Thursday, July 21, through Monday, August 15, at the SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th Floor, New York City. 

“Outro: World Building Within and Outside the Studio,” an exhibition of new work by recent graduates of SVA’s MFA Fine Arts program, explores new possibilities for storytelling, representational politics, rendering the subconscious, discourses with abstraction and the grid, recoding pop cultural signifiers, and excavating spiritual and kinship customs. The works on view, selected by guest curator Herb Tam in collaboration with the artists, are the culmination of studio practices that engaged internal reckonings over process, form and intention. They are a final statement—an outro—to an intense two-year program.

In my latest work “Dreaming Abyss”, I am using sculptures, sand, plants, two dimensional forms and symbols to create an installation. I use symbolism to construct a unique visual language. The forms organize the space and create the abstract flow of the liquid element. The installation consists of five statues. The floor of the space is filled up with sea sand. The sculptures seem to be flooding on the surface of square pools filled up with blue water. Plants are spread around the installation and create the atmospheric image of a microclimate, giving the visitor the feeling that the vegetation does not follow the linear time and exists in infinity. 

Sounds of the last century can be heard through a stone. My eyes are nailed on your head and they try to understand what they see. Various passers-by feel that they are also part of my work. Their heads have become a point of reference and they are making strange sounds. What is it that feeds on sounds and gets used to the different pulses of each generation? I listen, I accept, I convey. I leave behind me the corners and sides of a white box. 

I look again and more carefully. What I see in the black shadow are small flashes, which are guided by the energy produced by our body. I may not hear what you say but I can read your lips. You are a very rare sound wave.

Μέσα από μια πέτρα ακούγονται ήχοι του περασμένου αιώνα. Τα μάτια μου είναι καρφωμένα πάνω στο κεφάλι σου και προσπαθούν να καταλάβουν αυτό που βλέπουν. Διάφοροι περαστικοί νιώθουν πως είναι και αυτοί κομμάτι του έργου μου. Το κεφάλι τους έχει γίνει πια σημείο αναφοράς και βγάζει παράξενους ήχους. Τι είναι αυτό που τρέφεται με ήχους και συνηθίζει τους διαφορετικούς παλμούς κάθε γενιάς? Ακούω, δέχομαι, μεταφέρω. Αφήνω πίσω μου τις γωνίες και τις πλευρές ενός λευκού κουτιού.

Κοιτάω ξανά και πιο προσεχτικά. Αυτό που βλέπω μέσα στο μαύρο της σκιάς είναι μικρές λάμψεις, η οποίες έχουν ως γνώμονα την ενέργεια που παράγει το σώμα μας. Μπορεί να μην ακούω τι μου λες αλλά μπορώ και διαβάζω τα χείλη σου. Είσαι ένα πολύ σπάνιο ηχητικό κύμα

Title: The Muted Side, Plaster and Metal, 2022, 9in x 9in x 5ft

ART ZONE 42 Gallery
Leof. Vasileos Konstantinou 42, Athina 116 35, GR

TEL: +30 210 7259549

The Oracle – The Goldfish , Two artworks by Kostas Lales , 2022

1) The Oracle, 2022, Plaster with Sand, 14in x 11in x 2in (2 Dimensional Artwork )

Human heads and spots appear through the sand. This work has to do with the imagination of memory. As you observe the ground you see that it has some negative imprints that have been created by humans.

You observe them more carefully and realize that they are dents of value that tell a story. History gives birth to education and education gives birth to faith. When I touch the faith with any kind of art, I feel that my thoughts are imprinted on the earth. So from the work, it gives us the illusion that it is part of our planet.

2) The Goldfish, 2021, Plaster with Acrylic paint, 19.5in x 27.5in x 1in (2 Dimensional Artwork )

The understanding of geometry starts from the senses and the examination of human evolution. When body, geometry and symbols become one the foundation of image and matter is autonomous and sacred. I create sculptural archetypes that present unique characteristics and have their own personalities. I am fascinated by the way time and environmental factors alter our skin and body shape and I am reflecting this transformation in my work.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:

Kasey Baker (BFA Photography and Video), J Dylan (BFA Photography and Video), Jingyao Huang (MFA Fine Arts), Ariana Gaila (BFA Photography and Video), Kostas Lales (MFA Fine Arts), Alex Leav (MFA Photography and Related Media), Heather Link-Bergman (MFA Art Practice) and
Sefa Ozdogan (BFA Fine Arts)

SVA Flatiron Gallery , NYC , 11000

Curated by Tyson Skross , Exhibitions Manager, SVA Galleries.

The power of night is in our hands. Every time that I decide to go out I have the impression that whatever happens during the night will remain hidden and it will stay forever at our limbs.The project I want to participate in has to do clearly with the narrative and the perspective of stabilization. As we are out at night, experiencing the loss of the sun on the one hand and at the same time the true nature of our planet, we come in direct contact with the power of our wants. Decisions, experiences, situations, discussions, conclusions, and stories play the role of the anxious but also a creative perception that we have as human beings. The nighttime is always a little more real than the daytime. The two hands joined by our wrist show the communication of people and the continuation of our experiences.

Η δύναμη της νύχτας φαίνεται στα χέρια μας.Κάθε φορά που αποφασίζω να βγω έξω έχω την εντύπωση πως ότι συμβεί κατά την διάρκεια της νύχτας θα μείνει κρυφό και για πάντα στα άκρα μας. Το έργο με το οποίο θέλω να συμμετάσχω έχει να κάνει καθαρά με την αφήγηση και την προοπτική της σταθεροποίησης. Πως δηλαδή ενώ βρισκόμαστε έξω την νύχτα και βιώνουμε την απώλεια του ήλιου από την μια αλλά και παράλληλα την πραγματική φύση του πλανήτη μας, ερχόμαστε σε άμεση επαφή με την δύναμη των θέλω μας. Αποφάσεις, βιώματα, καταστάσεις, συζητήσεις, συμπεράσματα και ιστορίες παίζουν τον ρόλο της ανήσυχης αλλά και δημιουργικής αντίληψης που έχουμε σαν άνθρωποι. Η νύχτα πάντα είναι λίγο πιο αληθινή από την μέρα. Τα δύο χέρια ενωμένα από τον καρπό μας δείχνουν την επικοινωνία των ανθρώπων και την συνέχεια των βιωμάτων μας. 

Title: Optimistic Dreamers

Base’s Dimensions: 80cm x 40cm x 30cm Artwork’s Dimensions : 40cm x 10cm x 2cm

Materials : Plaster, wooden base, pillow, Bronze metal powder.

Year : 2022

Curated by Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris.

FokiaNou Art Space is an artist-run project space in the intimacy of a small apartment in an old building in the center of Athens. The space encourages collaborative creative efforts between Greek and foreign artists, thereby promoting and supporting the local art community. The space hosts exhibitions, workshops and projects under the direction of two artists, Mary Cox and Panagiotis Voulgaris.

FokiaNou Art Space, Fokianou 24, 7th Floor, Pagrati

www.fokianou247.gr

Η κοιλάδα των ήχων.

Το έργο αυτό συμβολίζει την γέννηση της ισορροπίας, η οποία για μένα ξεκινάει από τα αυτιά. Ο ήχος, το νερό, η απόσταση και ο χρόνος είναι τα στοιχεία που αγγίζουν τον ηχητικό μας κόσμο. Χρησιμοποιώντας τον όρο δείχνω πως και η σταγόνα έχει ήχο, αφού έχει όγκο. Οπότε κάθε στοιχείο έχει όγκο και ο κάθε όγκος έχει τον δικό του ήχο. Όταν κλείνεις τα μάτια σου και ακούς τους ήχους της φύσης, το μόνο πράγμα που συμβαίνει εκείνη την στιγμή είναι να βλέπεις τα όνειρα που έβλεπες παιδί.

Title: The Meadow of sounds.

This work symbolizes the birth of balance which for me starts from the ears. Sound, water, distance, and time are the elements that touch our audio world. Using the medical serum I show that a drop has sound because it has volume. As I say, each element has a volume and each volume has its own sound.
When you close your eyes and hear the sounds of nature, the only thing that happens at that moment is to see the dreams that you saw as a child.