PIASA is organizing a sale of modern and contemporary art on Wednesday, December 7th.
Timeless symbols of communication, the works of Chryssa exude a unique vivacity and a force born of an extraordinary imagination. Her reliefs, newspaper prints, and writings analyze the notion of communication as a fundamental cultural element of Man through the centuries. Having left Athens at a very young age, Chryssa lived in Paris and California before settling in New York, where she enjoyed immense success. The art world celebrates her as one of the most ingenious and innovative designers of the 20th century.
Her work is linked to light and space, to languages and architecture. Avant-garde, sincere, and aesthetic, her work stands out in the contemporary world. Her sculpture is dedicated to the clarity of action and seeks the deep structure of the plastic truth. Her goal is to make the invisible visible, the conceptual sensitive, and the sensory real.
In 1979, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, organized the exhibition Chryssa: Recent works. In addition to monumental sculptures realized with the help of neon, Chryssa showed there her famous series of Journals: Abstracted Classified Adds from 1959, Real Estate Page from 1959, Island House from 1976, Corporate Trust of 1978, and Regency Towers of 1978.
Chryssa inscribes her work in perpetual becoming. She fights the inexorable deterioration born of the passage of time. The truth of her art is located between the tangible and the fantastic, the visible and the imaginary.
Takis Mavrotas
