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suffering the greatest fear of all the figures in the
painting. In his eyes we can see the real truth.”
Dora Constantinou was born in 1972 in Nicosia,
Cyprus. She has had three solo exhibitions and has
participated in many group exhibitions in Cyprus
and abroad.
B-Hive by Tatiana Ferahian
“TheB-Hive is a drawing installation about cohabi-
tation, effective communication, coordination, cul-
tural exchange and, ultimately, collective survival
in a multicultural society. As a symbol, the bees’
lifestyle mimics that of the human social order – it
is a cooperative, productive social hierarchy. The
bees’ unflagging labours make them an emblem
of teamwork, perseverance, selflessness, and con-
stancy. The beehive is a visual metaphor for how
people who strongly value their individuality and
freedom of choice can also place a premium on
entering the local community (the beehive). They
can push that community to recognise the natural,
moral law which provides a common ground be-
tween different religious believers for the funda-
mental moral issues affecting the common good in
societies. With this disciplined reflection, we have
a common language for trying to work and live to-
gether in a morally acceptable way.”
Tatiana Ferahian was born in Lebanon in 1970.
She now lives and works as a part-time elemen-
tary school art teacher in Cyprus. She has had
three solo shows and has participated in numerous
national and international art exhibitions and bien-
nales. She represented Cyprus at the International
Olympic Committee “Sport andArt” Competition
in the painting category in 2012 in Lausanne.
Untitled, 2011, oil on canvas, 80 x 140 cm - Dora Constantinou
B-Hive, 2007, ink on rice paper, Plexiglas, sound effect,
2 x 2 m - Tatiana Ferahian