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the analogies of history to the present. In the
modern art pieces selected for presentation,
some or many of these analogies are dropped,
and this absence is often mystified, allowing
us, thus, to perceive
historia
(history) as a
fabula
(fable) at once true and imaginary.
Other analogies are only partially signified,
relieved of redundant loads of meanings, fur-
nishing us with the option of revisiting and
transcending old notions, of making them
fabulous, and of going far beyond.”
Through the succinctly masterful reinterpretation
ofAngelos Makrides, the cross-shaped chalcolithic
idol from Erimi (3500-2800 B.C.) turns into an ar-
chetypal and contemporary child-bearing woman,
awinged creature or themother of amissing person
in a series of micro-sculptures that set a landmark
in the evolution of Cypriot art. The composite red
vessel of the Early Cypriot III (2100-2000 B.C.)
from Pyrgos, an impressive creation by a local ce-
ramist of antiquity bearing scenes with men and
animals at their everyday routines (pressing grapes,
Angelos Makrides, Idol-Mother of a Missing Person, mixed
media, 15x4x4cm
Saints Matthew, Mark and Luke, mid-16
th
century, from Panagia Iamatiki, Arakapas, placed next to the work by Angelos Makrides,
Iconostasis: Three Saints, mixed media, 86x38 cm.
Antonis Neophytou, Reinterpretation of the relief ornamentation
of the 13
th
century icon of Saint Mamas fromAmiantos, copper
and silver, 32x27cm