Visual artist Nikos Kanoglou presents his first solo painting exhibition, which places emphasis on monochromy, materiality, and the experiential notion of time
“The Absence of the Present”, curated by the artistic collective Xylinos Ippeas, unfolds around a body of works in which human, animal, and mythological forms re-emerge as traces of memory and experience. With drawing and monochromy at its core, and through successive layers of materials such as graphite, Chinese ink, mineral powders, inert matter, and collage, form disperses and is reactivated, while time is experienced as pause and silent duration.
The exhibition offers a different experience of viewing - one in which the gaze is not invited to conquer the image, but to remain within it. What is not fixed is the solid certainty of form, but the trace of the image: an imprint that persists after certainty has withdrawn.
Nikos Kanoglou is a visual artist and a founding member of the art collective Xylinos Ippeas. He works primarily in painting and drawing, creating large-scale works. His artistic practice focuses on the fragility of materials and the relationship between form, memory, and time, employing media such as paper, natural canvas, and unconventional surfaces. He has participated in major group exhibitions in museums and municipal galleries in Greece, as well as in private exhibition spaces, and his works are held in public and private collections in Greece and abroad.