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Setting Free the Communion Dress, 210cm x150cm, charcoal on paper, Miriam Mc Connon Papageorgiou, 2010
Stavros Antonopoulos was born in Nicosia, Cy-
prus, in 1962. He has had 14 solo exhibitions in
Cyprus, Paris, Florence, Miami and NewYork. He
has also participated in numerous group exhibi-
tions in Cyprus and abroad.
Two Communities Co-existing Peacefully by
George Gavriel
“In Cyprus, the problemof the island being divided
still exists. Hope for a better future is based on the
willingness of the two different communities to co-
exist. The Greek Cypriots are Christian Orthodox
and the Turkish Cypriots are Muslims. This work
shows the churches of the two communities in a
village where there is unity, harmony and peace.”
George Gavriel was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. In
1980 he moved to the Soviet Union with a scholar-
ship to study at the Academy of Fine Arts Surikov
of Moscow, where his first individual exhibition
was organised in 1984. Since 1990 he has been
a secondary education teacher, and in 2008 he be-
came an inspector of Art in Secondary Education.
He has had numerous individual and group exhibi-
tions in Cyprus and abroad.
The Tree of Our Life by Loukia Lazaridou
“The idea thatAdam and Eve were supposed to eat
from the tree of knowledge of good and evil is far
more interesting than the traditional telling of the
tale; that perhaps they were supposed to eat the ap-
ple makes it an allegory of humanity growing up
and taking responsibility for its actions. Had they
never eaten from the tree (metaphorically or actu-
ally, depending on your belief system), we would
forever be a race of children, unable to think for
ourselves, as Kant said in his defence of the En-
lightenment, Sapere Aude! (Dare to know!). In
this picture the axis of the tree separatesAdam and
Eve who, contrary to the idyllic myth, are in fact
the main characters in a drama. The shape of the
tree of knowledge resembles a human body, its
roots leaning against the earth. The story is as old
as the human is social – it belongs to one of the
First Stories, and while the details may change, the
lesson remains the same. It is an important story
‘which bears repeating’.”
Loukia Lazaridou was born in Cyprus. She has
exhibited her artwork in numerous solo and group
exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad.