Podias
CITRONNE Gallery – Athens presents the solo exhibition-installation by Nikos Podias, Safe Area. Nikos Podias draws his themes from traditions and echoes of global culture. In his practice, he explores the potential of paper. The resulting works—textures, forms, rhythms, and patterns—generate objects and creatures charged with the magical and apotropaic qualities of amulets. Safe Area is a new body of work that constructs an unexpectedly mysterious and captivating environment. Visitors perceive luminous reflections and shadows diffused through the works — a visible lightness intertwined with the deceptive sharpness of the materials; the paradox of a paper armor. These seemingly contradictory elements compose a liminal state between safety and vulnerability.
