Our curated boutique offers products inspired by the visual language
and aesthetic of Alekos Fassianos.
Fassianos himself relates: “For five years I applied myself to drawing ancient heads and nude models. I can’t say I didn’t learn anything from this – quite the opposite.
Our teacher Moralis had an influence on us both as an artist and as a human being. We learned to observe the effects of darkness on light and vice versa as well as how objects changed shape as the light changed. We also learned to compare things. But I was always thinking of saints with their haloes, their staffs, their swords, their varied attire, and the red or white horses that jumped over flame-blowing dragons.
I was thinking less of the Cycladic figurines at the time.
I also liked Japanese art and Indian tantric painting. But I never felt the mysticism. I started painting people again in uniforms and ornaments in gardens. They were unmoving, they were expressionless and held flowers.
Later these small figures of people that I painted in uniforms began to dissolve, to become colored beings with flowers all around, sometimes pleasant looking, sometimes terrifying
And now the ones I paint hold flaming swords like the Byzantine saints. But they are untainted creatures from my imagination, just as they first issued from dark churches. I like red and blue volumes, but not abstraction.
Color should always have meaning!
-Alekos Fassianos, Athens 1964
Colour has its meaning
A FASSIANOS
BORN
1935
National Conservatory of Athens
He studied violin for 12 years.
ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Yiannis Moralis atelier
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
COMMANDEUR DE L’ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES – 2021
Awarder by the Minister of Culture in France Madame Roselyne Bachelot – Narquin
ORDER OF THE ARTS AND LETTER
Awarded Officer by the then French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand
ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR (Officier des Lettres et des Arts)
Decorated with the Legion of Honor by the President of the French Republic
HONORARY MEMBER
Russian Academy of Arts
RECOGNITION
PUBLICATIONS
EXHIBITIONS
LIMITED REPRODUCTIONS
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The Alekos Fassianos estate is a non-profit civil company founded in 2020 by Alekos Fassianos and his family. It is dedicated to collecting, preserving, protecting, defending by all legal means, exhibiting and interpreting the oeuvre of Alekos Fassianos.
The Alekos Fassianos Museum is housed in a building remodeled and
designed by architect Kyriakos Krokos in close collaboration with Alekos Fassianos. The
building was completed in 1995. The Alekos Fassianos Museum opened to the public in
2023.
The exhibition space aims to focus on the diverse artistic practice of Alekos Fassianos.
Presenting works from 1956 to the end of his life, the exhibition introduces the viewer to
Fassianos’ development as an artist. Showcasing works from the early years in Paris in the
1960s and his brief influence from abstract art to the inspiration he later draws from
Byzantine art with the use of gold leaves and a darker color palette, a series of paintings
of his widely celebrated maniera as well as collages and mixed media works. The exhibition
pays tribute to his neighborhood, Agios Pavlos. The “Myth of his neighborhood” unfolds
through a series of works representing local life in the 40s, 50s and 60s in Athens. His
childhood heroes merge with the heroes of Greek mythology, the profane and the sacred,
creating thus, the eternal hero, the man. Aside from painting, the exhibition aims to
present Fassianos’ polyhedric personality. Showcasing design pieces he created for his home
and important archival material of his writings, iconography, scenography and costume
designs he did for La cantatrice chauve by Ionesco, No exit by Jean-Paul Sartre and comedies
by Aristophane among others.
The Alekos Fassianos Museum is significant to the contemporary artistic and architectural
map of Athens for it is one of the few museums in the world in which the complicity between
artist and architect underpins a dialogue between the works and the space that houses them.
The Alekos Fassianos Museum organizes exhibitions, talks and educational programs for
children.
Fassianos Friends
The Alekos Fassianos Museum is a non-profit civil company that opened to the public in April 2023.
Through its annual program of talks, organized guided tours, educational and social programs and thematic walks around the historical neighborhood of Agios Pavlos, the museum wishes to uncover further the multifaceted work of Alekos Fassianos and actively open up dialogues surrounding its community, culture and the arts.
The support of our Friends is fundamental to the future of the museum, the museum's life and the conservation of its art collection.
In recognition of our Friends support, our members enjoy exclusive benefits and have the opportunity to participate in guided tours and museum events.
Benefits
Cost
30 euros (single)
50 euros (couple)
*Membership is valid for one year
For more information, please email: contact@alekosfassianos.gr
ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION / RENEWAL
Via wire transfer to ALPHA BANK:
ALEKOS FASSIANOS CIVIL NON FOR PROFIT COMPANY
IBAN: GR08 0140 2020 2020 0200 2007 073
CRBAGRAA
(Please mention your name and surname in order to get your proof of payment.)
At the Museum’s reception desk, by cash or debit/credit card during the museum’s opening hours.
The atelier and residence of Alekos Fassianos is a small house of typical cycladic architecture, with rich curves dressed in white asbestos, ochre doors, a traditional wooden roof and with a vista of the Aegean. It is located in the island’s main city (Chora), Ioulida.
Fassianos first discovered Kea in the spring of 1967 while accompanying a family friend to complete her oblation. He was instantly surprised by the island’s vast and hidden beaches, its valleys and the architecturally preserved town. He began visiting the island regularly as it was close to Athens and met with the inhabitants who embraced him and introduced him to the island’s archaeological treasures. Kea was in abundance of fertile stretches of land, livestock, fishery and tanneries. Fassianos decided to purchase this small studio to live and work during the summer season. It is in this small residence that he invited some of his friends among who Louis Aragon, Giannis Tsarouhis, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely Niko Stefanou and many others. The space remains intact with his personal objects. It’s filled with handcrafted toys, ceramics and clothes. Fassianos cared for every detail in the space, from the metallic figures on the door’s railings, to the hand painted furniture. The studio is of significant importance to the deeper understanding of the artist’s life, work and aesthetics.
Opening HoursThursday - Sunday
10am - 1pm
6pm - 9pm
General entrance: 5€
Reduced admission: 3€
(Students, Persons 19-26, Οver 65, Locals of Kea island)
Free Admission:
Under 18, Visitors with disabilities and their companion, Greek unemployed citizens with their current unemployment card, Journalists, Chamber of Fine Arts cardholder, Qualified tour guides
Address:
Alekou Fasianou Str., Ioulida
For more information, contact us at contact@alekosfassianos.gr and thpatiti@alekosfassianos.gr