The exhibition "Nature-O-Therapy" 1995-2023 Athens, London, Paris, Hanoi, Brussels, Rabat, Hydra is dedicated to Platon.H (Plato Alexis Hatzimichalis), hosted by the Historical Archive Museum of Hydra from June 3-30.

It is the first exhibition in Greece of the restless and versatile artist, who has created his work in major artistic metropolises, such as those mentioned in the subtitle of the exhibition.

Coming from an artistic family of three generations, Platón.H and growing up in a French and Greek cultural and intellectual environment lived in the circles in which both his grandmother, the well-known folklorist and writer Angeliki Hatzimichalis, and his parents (an architect and an archaeologist) moved. and grew up among artists of different nationalities living and working in Paris and Athens between 1950 and 1970.

Great artists such as Hatzikyriakos Gikas, Yiannis Tsarouhis, Yiannis Moralis, Yiannis Pappas, Giorgos Mavroidis, Kostas Koulendianos, Thanasis Tsigos, Iason Molfesis, Demosthenes Kokkinidis were his mentors and teachers, while Francois Morellet and Vasarely influenced his inspiration and style . He is described as a "child of Mataroa", the famous ship where more than 130 Greeks boarded and left for Italy and France at the beginning of the Civil War.

The completely original works that he presents in the Historical Archive-Museum of Hydra, he has created exclusively with materials and elements that he has drawn from nature.

Platon.H's artistic gaze is almost permanently focused on the miraculous natural creations, from which he is inspired, then transforming the natural materials into courageous works, sometimes sculptures, compositions, constructions or sometimes photographs, always through a completely unconventional approach.

Opening: Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 8 p.m.

When:

June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023

DAILY 09:00 - 16:00
DAILY 19:30 - 21:30

Free entrance.