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Exhibition Opening at the Maniatakeon Foundation in Greece / Koroni
Voka's exhibition "Maritime" was initiated and presented by Dr. Dimitris Antonis Maniatakis and his lovely wife Eleni Tagonidi Maniataki. Both are the founders of private and non -profit Maniatkeion Foundation based in Athens. This public law institution promotes and supports cultural, social and economic development in Greece.Thanks to their support and passion for art, art lovers can admire Voka's fascinating works in beautiful Koroni.
The exhibition took place in the unique "Tarsouli" premises. A historic house in the heart of Koronis. International audiences, including from Switzerland, the United States, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, Australia, France and many more, also mixed among the Greek and Austrian guests.
Voka chose the idyllic place Koroni, in Messinias on western Peloponnes, as his second home. Here is his house and his studio. The artist loves the originality of the landscape, the soothing Mediterranean climate, but above all the life -affirming and hospitable mentality of the Greeks. The white -limited steps and the small port of the fishing village offer an almost limitless source of artistic inspiration for the painter, who is increasingly devoted to the Mediterranean themes here in the sunny south; Boots, Greek alley as well as life and the people of rural Greece.
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A world of colour, light, music, the intoxicating beat of Life. That is what Voka’s paintings are.
The internationally renowned Austrian artist brings vigor and intensity of colour to anything he paints. A beacon for modern art, Voka is the daring, innovative creator who works with intuition and fervent passion. He can hear the sound of silence, communicate with light and colour, pulling us along with him to breathe this spiritual oxygen. When portraying people, he does not concentrate on their physical characteristics but delves into the essence of their soul and depicts his statement of their life. His awareness of vision emphasizes vivid colour contrasts, composition and light sources, but mostly what cannot be conceived on physical levels.
To Voka, the perception of reality is more real than reality itself.
Eleni Maniataki
