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Art Event, Private View
Re-Surface, Marina Kassianidou
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Date:  Thursday 20 August 2009
Time:  7pm
Venue:  The Tenderpixel Gallery, 10 Cecil Court, WC2N 4HE
Price:  Free. RSVP via email to - events@stanfordalumni.org.uk
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We are pleased to announce an exclusive event for our members at the Tenderpixel Gallery. This event will enable guests to see the exciting work of artist and Stanford Alum, Marina Kassianidou. During the evening there will be an artist talk and Q & A. Refreshments will be provided,
 
Tenderpixel is pleased to present Re-Surface, Marina Kassianidou's first solo exhibition in London. In Re-Surface Kassianidou amplifies the historic traces of the gallery space's past inhabitants, and responds to each surface, referencing patterns and echoing scratches, dirt and stains in the actual gallery space. The placement of the works re-activates elements already existing in the gallery space — galvanizing their historicity as palimpsests are revitalized and elements are reconfigured and reinterpreted.
 
Investigating notions of texture and surface, Marina's installation includes 'pseudo-hidden art,' such as the placement of linoleum pieces on a similar floor — oscillating between being a piece of art or a piece of floor, between presence and absence.
 
Marina Kassianidou is an artist and writer based in Limassol and London. Upon graduating from Stanford University in 2002 with a BA in Studio Art and a BS in Computer Science, she was awarded the Arthur Giese Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting. In 2005, she obtained an MFA at Central Saint Martins and is currently pursuing a PhD in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited internationally and her writings have appeared in journals in the USA and Europe.
 
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