17 Μαΐου 2024
CUTS / 2024
Final Degree Show of the Graduate Students of the Department of Fine Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology
Limassol Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki
Opening: 25 May 2024, 18:00 - 21:00
Duration of the exhibition: 25-31 May 2024, opening hours: 10:00-18:00 (Sunday & Monday closed)
The Department of Fine Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) is delighted to invite you to the annual exhibition of its graduate students, entitled CUTS 2024, the opening of which will take place on May 25th 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Limassol Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki, in collaboration with the Limassol Municipality Cultural Affairs. The synergy between the Department of Fine Arts and the Limassol Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki reinforces the cultural synergies across the city, and extends the cultural openness to the citizens for an active interaction with the vital space of art.
The Department of Fine Arts of CUT, consolidating its position as an active academic community with an outstanding development and contribution to the contemporary visual arts’ practice and theory, presents selected works of the final year thesis work of its graduate students. The exhibition puts forward the creative amalgam of the academic fields and expanded media of the Department of Fine Arts - painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking, video, new media, sound, etc. -, which intersect with different cultural, humanistic and scientific fields as well as new technologies. The final thesis works move within the context of emerging cultural practices and critical disputes to engage with the complex contents of our contemporary worlds. Issues of localism and globalism, questions around ecology, explorations into themes of emerging identities as an outgrowth of today's physical, digital and sensorial, labyrinthine worlds, as well as reflections on structures and patterns of power and ideologies, cross with practices of healing, as well as practices of contemporary rituals from youth culture. The works highlight the morphoplastic, transformative possibilities of art, conceived as a space of visibility, inclusion and care.
The works, an outcome of visual discourse and research by this new generation of artists, are proposed in the exhibition space as a speculative art exhibition/study into contemporary practices and theories of seeing. Perhaps, to also, encounter the contemplation and promise made visible in the lyrics of the Cypriot poet Eleni Toumazi/Rebelina (1947-2023):
Vision as wakefulness
Vision as presence
I hear an extra-human language
I break the boundaries of my perception
and commune with the unknown other.
Bachelor's degree (BA) in Fine Arts
The BA in Fine Arts offers artistic education, theoretical knowledge and technical skills of the highest level, providing an environment for the development of creativity and critical thinking. The introduction and experimentation with materials and the exploration of methods of academic study and artistic creation within the philosophical, theoretical, historical and socio-political contexts of the day are at the core of its mission. In doing so, it supports the formation of future generations of artists with a significant impact on artistic creativity and cultural production, both locally and internationally. It also aims to empower young artists to form the basis for their future practices, both within the Cypriot context and its specific characteristics, and in an international context.
The buildings complex is among the most historic buildings of the city of Limassol and among the first warehouses in the old city which were built at the late 19th century. Its Architectural renovation into the Arts Centre of the city of Limassol goes back to 2017 when it was established by the former President of the Cyprus Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiadis and the Mayor of Limassol, Mr Nicos Nicolaides. The Architect responsible for the environmental friendly renovation was Mr Sevina Floridou. The Limassol Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki hosts international and local artists group shows, research based contemporary art exhibitions, video art screening programs, performance festivals and retrospectives of important Cypriot artists with international impact. It has a strong international network of partners within the EU countries and the region of South East Mediterranean, art institutes and cultural organizations. It has an artist residency (EU funded) and director is the artist and curator Mr George Taxiarchopoulos since January 2024.