12/23/08

The Beermans





The Beerman Gallery in Kranidi, Argolidos, was established by Marita and Erwin Beerman more than two decades ago. They use their space for working and showing their paintings that are mostly inspired by the small town, their surroundings and the people of Southern Greece. The Beermans use bright pastels and watercolors, and compose playful simple structures and shapes.


Other than sharing a love of art, we are also all foreigners in the area! Their help has been invaluable to me as they have much knoweledge of the area and people, as well as a lot of practical advice in running a gallery. We have also all spent former years living in Saudi Arabia! They spent twelve years in the western part of Saudi and I spent my childhood in eastern side. Our common interests, and their warm-heartedness have made me feel a little bit more at home...Right now they are in Dubai organizing an exhibit.
Check out their site http://gallery-beermann.4ugo.de/

12/12/08

Vernissage in 2009


Blue Fig Art is getting ready for a new show in February. The concept is about people....
It was very interesting to find out about cheap art here in Greece. Cheap art is a group of people who sell very small works of art for very small prices...something that I think is in my interest, as well as anyone else that is on tight on money; it's nice to find that not every work of art has to be expensive! www.cheapart.gr