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T
he engendering of ancient andmedieval collec-
tive Cypriot memory into contemporary visual
concepts, materials, forms and media gave rise to
the exhibition ‘Maniera Cypria,’which was curated
and based on extensive research by Dr NadiaAnax-
agorou, Director of the Cultural Services of the Mu-
nicipality of Lemesos (Limassol). Archaeological
findings unearthed in Lemesos and its vicinity, from
the areas of Amathus, Pyrgos, Episkopi, Erimi and
Kourion, and Byzantine icons from villages in the
Lemesos district, including Monagri, Koilani, Pe-
lendri, Amiantos andArakapas, were displayed side
by side in a fascinating discourse with contempo-
rary art at the Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Carob Mill,
Lemesos, from 29 June through 12August 2012.
Maniera Cypria was organised by the Municipality
of Lemesos in collaboration with the Evagoras and
Kathleen Lanitis Foundation, theDepartment ofAn-
tiquities and the Holy Bishopric of Lemesos, under
the auspices of theCyprus Presidency of theCouncil
of the European Union. Mr Efthemios Flourentzou,
theMinister of Communications andWorks, opened
the exhibition on Friday, 29 June 2012. 27 Cypriot
visual artists exhibited at Maniera Cypria, including:
Angelos Makrides, Helene Black, Nikos Charalam-
bides, Savvas Christodoulides, Andreas Chryso-
chos, Marianna Constanti, John Corbidge, Chris-
tos Foukaras, Demetrakis Gerokostas, Theodoulos
Gregoriou, Yiota Ioannidou, Elina Ioannou, Kyri-
akos Kallis, Lia Lapithi, Maria Loizidou, Antonis
Neophytou, Eleni Nikodemou, Lefteris Olympios,
Stass Paraskos, Kypros Perdios, Christoforos Savva,
George Skotinos, Socratis Socratous, Rinos Stefani,
Lefteris Tapas, SusanVargas and Panayiotis Vittis.
Comprising paintings, sculptures, ceramics, in-
stallations and video-art, Maniera Cypria explored
the penetrating conversation between contempo-
rary works that further elaborate and reinterpret
the Maniera Cypria of the past and delineate the
Maniera Cypria of today.According to the curator,
Dr NadiaAnaxagorou:
“Pagan, mythological and Christian hagi-
ographical significations, either in the form
of ancient ceramic-sculptural idols and ves-
sels or in the form of medieval painterly
representations of saints and angels, extend
Maniera Cypria: Lemesos, Fabula, Historia, Memoria
Evagoras Lanitis Centre, Lemesos 29 June – 12 August 2012
View of the exhibition Maniera Cypria: Lemesos, Fabula, Historia, Memoria. Clockwise from left: Kyriakos Kallis, Bull, mixed
media. Lefteris Olympios, Dei ex Machina, oil on linen, 200x200 cm. George Skotinos, Afternoon Bombing, acrylic, 165x245
cm. Clay figurine representing a warrior, Cypro-Archaic II (600-480 B.C.), from Episkopi-Kaloriziki, 13.8x8 cm. Elina
Ioannou, Everyday objects, composition with stone, wood coated paper on plywood and two drums of limestone from Amathus.
Kypros Perdios, Horse, bronze, 52x75x20 cm.