Image courtesy of on.entropy.
Image courtesy of on.entropy. Man Statue
The Benaki Museum in Athens, in collaboration with the marble atelier on•entropy and the non-profit organization Ingenious Loci, has organized the exhibition “A Future for the Past,” open until June 30, focused on supporting and promoting marble sculpture from Tinos, in the Cyclades, through design. The exhibition is part of a two-year program curated by Maria Cristina Didero, which explores the social dimension of marble craftsmanship on the island in its dialogue with contemporary culture and hopes to show how this relationship can contribute to both social and economic sustainability. The ancient traditional art of marble carving in Tinos is recognized as UNESCO heritage, with the Preparatory and Vocational School of Fine Arts of Panormos being one of the only three places in the world where this art is still studied and practiced. This practice, in a period of intense tourist development and gentrification of the island as the current one, could help re-establish and nurture a deep sense of community and identity.
The exhibition, on the first floor of the Benaki Museum, features as its central element a table carved out of Dionysos marble, a product of the collaboration between the marble atelier on•entropy and Tinian marble sculptors. The dialogue between the traditional and the contemporary continues on the ground floor of the museum, in the Byzantine wing, where recent ecclesiastical works by artists from the island and some modern marble lighting elements, inspired by ancient chandeliers, frame the museum’s permanent collection, composed of Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons. As on•entropy put it, “Design is not exclusively about making a beautiful and comfortable chair, but about the generations of people and the extensive, in-depth knowledge required to create something. Their connection to the material and their interactions with one another are the true essence of craftsmanship. These aspects are often taken for granted or overlooked, yet they should be highlighted, especially in our rapidly changing era”.
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