"State of Mind" by Lo and Behold
Lo and Behold will participate in Supermarket Art Fair 2013 with the project "State of Mind" (15th – 17th February 2013). SUPERMARKET is an international art fair created and managed by artists.
Artist-run galleries and similar artists' initiatives exhibit the latest tendencies in art. The focus is on the meeting between audience, art and artists from around the world as much as the exhibition itself. The goal of SUPERMARKET is to provide a showcase for artists' initiatives from all over the world and to create opportunities for new networks in the Swedish as well as the international art scene.
The project "State of Mind" refers to the notion of "Happiness" and is curated by Nikos Papadimitriou. Buddhist monks believe that happiness has nothing to do with materiality but is a state of mind. Aristotle argues that happiness depends upon ourselves and Mahatma Gandhi that happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony. According to Wikipedia: "Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy". The question is: How do we perceive happiness today? Who and under which conditions could be considered happy and what could possibly lead us to astate of happiness? Could someone be in a state of joy regardless of the social environment around him? The lack of what could be described as a joyful life and the loss of wealth -in terms of the western capitalistic paradigm- leads some of us to the emotional state of funk or depression.
Bearing the above questions in mind, artists are invited to produce artworks of A2 size (60 x 42 cm) with starting points on the above issues.
Kostas Christopoulos / Michael Croft / Jack Early / Vasso Gavaisse / Joel Hurlburt / Simon Larbalestier / Julia Marsh / Nina Papaconstantinou / Yiannis Papadopoulos / Antonis Pittas / Provo Principles / Jinsik Shin / Marja-Leena Sillanpää / Johan Svensson / Su-Mei Tse / Vassilis Zografos
Lo and Behold is a non-profit organization based in Athens, Greece, serving as a platform for the production of cultural activities, both in Greece and abroad, with a focus on contemporary art. LaB's objective is to highlight the work of art itself as the outcome of artistic inquiry, rather than as a commercial product.
