Athens, Greece
solo show


 

Τα παιδιά ρουφάν

Anastasia Douka

 

 

03 April – 16 May 2026 
Opening day: 03 April 2026, 7 pm – 9 pm

Callirrhoë presents the solo exhibition of Anastasia Douka, Τα παιδιά ρουφάν, an installation that forms pathways within the gallery space through detached and fragmentary objects. A handrail, a drawer into which coffee is discarded, a shoe-sewing machine, a ribbon-drill—each constructed from paper—compose an environment of fragmented narratives. The use of paper, an inherently fragile material, emphasizes the fragility of what is usually perceived as stable. Through her sculpture, Anastasia Douka approaches everyday practices and familiar routines. At the core is the cylinder, a form that functions as a conduit or supporting mechanism, connecting different objects and uses.

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Η Callirrhoë παρουσιάζει την ατομική έκθεση της Αναστασίας Δούκα Τα παιδιά ρουφάν,  μια εγκατάσταση η οποία συγκροτεί διαδρομές στο χώρο της γκαλερί μέσα από αποσπασμένα και αποσπασματικά αντικείμενα. Μια κουπαστή, ένα συρτάρι στο οποίο απορρίπτεται ο καφές, ένα μηχάνημα ραφής παπουτσιών, μια κορδέλα-τρυπάνι, όλα κατασκευασμένα από χαρτί, συνθέτουν ένα περιβάλλον θραυσματικών αφηγήσεων. Η χρήση του χαρτιού, ενός εγγενώς εύθραυστου υλικού, υπογραμμίζει την ευθραυστότητα εκείνου που συνήθως εκλαμβάνεται ως σταθερό. Μέσα από τη γλυπτική της, η Αναστασία Δούκα προσεγγίζει καθημερινές πρακτικές και οικείες ρουτίνες. Στον πυρήνα βρίσκεται ο κύλινδρος, μια μορφή που λειτουργεί ως αγωγός ή μηχανισμός στήριξης, συνδέοντας μεταξύ τους διαφορετικά αντικείμενα και χρήσεις.


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Upcoming
New York, USA
Art fair
 

 

Independent

Nikolas Ventourakis

 

 

 

 

14 – 17 May 2026

Opening hours
VIP preview: 14 May 2026, 11 am – 5 pm
Henry Street Settlement Gala: 14 May 2026, 11 am – 8 pm
Open to the public: 15 – 16 May 2026, 11 am – 7 pm
17 May 2026, 11 am – 6 pm

 Address: Pier 36
299 South Street, New York, NY 10002

 

Callirrhoë is pleased to announce its participation in Independent New York 2026 with a solo presentation by Nikolas Ventourakis. Ventourakis’s practice operates at the intersection of art and documentation, probing the limits of the photographic image. Eschewing fixed interpretations, his work embraces ambiguity, wherein the familiar is shaped by personal and collective memory rather than objective truth. Extending his ongoing investigation into ambiguity and the instability of photographic reality, Ventourakis presents this body of work in New York City, a context in which art, media, and public discourse continuously converge. Moreover, Independent commissioned the artist to blow up his photograph XXIX. “a pile of many colours and a multitude of textures”—a shot of a collapsing pile of trash that sprawls to block off a side street in Athens—to mural scale, so that it verges on abstraction. Installed at the entrance to the fair, the image constitutes an unlikely and ironic yet timely introduction for visitors.

 

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