state of being
2019
Oil paint and oil stick on canvas
130 x 105 cm

Installation image from the exhibition in(de)finite selfhoods, Citronne Gallery, Poros, 2022.


“Language is also prominent in Nicole Economides' (GR/USA) paintings which explore the in-between spaces of her dual citizenship. State of being refers to the painterly tradition of romanticism and suggest that identity stems from not quite belonging neither here nor there, from
being neither an insider nor an outsider. Meanwhile, Apollo touches on the appropriation of Greek mythologies by western modern painters and serves as an act of reclaiming her ancestral history. On the bottom of the work, the polaroid of Apollo's protome from the Met points out the access to transnational histories in universal museums and the ambiguous motives of the agents in the preservation and “safeguarding” of cultural heritage.”

Excerpt from curatorial text for in(de)finite selfhoods, by Léllé Demertzi

© Nicole Economides

2024