THE END OF RESISTANCE
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Curation:Tenia Menegaki & Dionisis Christofilogiannis
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Opening:12 March 2025
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Opening hours:
WED&SAT 12.00-15.00
THU&FRI 17.00-20.00
At The end of resistance with oil paintings on wood, Christofilogiannis depicts a dark, monochrome world, where human forms and architecture collide, symbolizing the loss of agency and the rise of an all-encompassing, oppressive force. His work compels us to reflect on the existential crisis of modern humanity and the diminishing possibility of resistance in an increasingly authoritarian world. In The end of resistance series, Christofilogiannis explores the darkest aspects of human nature, such as war, chaos, and hate, through abstract visual forms. This dystopian vision reflects the fear of today: the state gaining absolute control over individuals, rendering them “obsolete” if they do not serve its purpose. The victim in these works is alone and guiltless, trapped in a reality of political and existential oppression. Though today’s regime may not be openlyauthoritarian, we see alarming trends: the concentration of power, the erosion of civil liberties, and the suppression of dissent. These tendencies mirror the bleak world Schopenhauer described and echo Orwell’s1984. As individual autonomy is increasingly diminished, the resistance to state control grows weaker, threatening the collapse of freedom itself.