The Idlers of the Fertile Vallye

  • June 11, 2022 / 15:00

Director:  Nikos Panayotopoulos
Cast: Olga Karlatou, Yorgos Dialegmenos, Nikitas Tsakiroglou, Dimitris Poulikakos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Kostas Sfikas
Greece, 1978, DCP, 119’, renkli / dolor
Greek with Turkish and English subtitles   

A wealthy member of the upper class and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They give themselves over to the macabre pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman, who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. The gradual yet steady decay borders on decomposition and total destruction, as even fundamental biological needs decline. Finally, the youngest son tries to break free, his temporary awakening ending in the arms of the maid, yet the possibility of some further attempt survives. In this allegorical satire the monumental immobility leads to corresponding formalistic choices. Distant echoes of Bunuel (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) and of Ferreri (La Grande Boutte) meet surrealistic disposition and social symbolism.

Reconstruction

Reconstruction

Z

Z

The Roundup

The Roundup

John the Violent

John the Violent

The Crossing

The Crossing

Deserter

Deserter

A Quiet Death

A Quiet Death

Olga Robards

Olga Robards

Mania

Mania

Evdokia

Evdokia

The Photograph

The Photograph

The Excursion

The Excursion

The Idlers of the Fertile Vallye

The Idlers of the Fertile Vallye

Morning Patrol

Morning Patrol

Stone Years

Stone Years

Young Aphrodites

Young Aphrodites

Trojan Women

Trojan Women

A Solitary Eagle in the Sinai Desert

A Solitary Eagle in the Sinai Desert

John Frederick Lewis is considered one of the most important British Orientalist artists of the Victorian era. Pera Museum exhibited several of Lewis’ paintings as part of the Lure of the East exhibition in 2008 organized in collaboration with Tate Britain.

The Search for Form

The Search for Form

A series of small and rather similar nudes Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu and Eren Eyüboğlu produced in the early 1930s almost resemble a ‘visual conversation’ that focus on a pictorial search. It is also possible to find the visual reflections of this earlier search in the synthesis Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu reached with his stylistic abstractions in the 1950s.

Janine Antoni Look At Me!

Janine Antoni Look At Me!

The exhibition Look at Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection examines portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Through the exhibition we will be sharing about the artists and sections in Look At Me!. This time we are sharing about Janine Antoni , exhibited under the section “The Conventions of Identitiy”!