Feature: Chinese legends, traditions brought to life in Athens art exhibition

by Alexia Vlachou

ATHENS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese myths, legends and traditions inspired Greek artist Marianna Ignataki for her sixth solo exhibition entitled "Josie, the Armor and the Hairman", being hosted at the CAN Gallery here this spring.

For Ignataki, a visual artist based in Beijing and Thessaloniki in northern Greece, the body serves as a "den", a hiding place for a series of sculptures, watercolor and pencil drawings, and a video installation.

"I am interested in mythology; but what inspires me most are the paradoxes in Chinese history, culture and everyday life, as seen through my Western eyes," Ignataki told Xinhua in a recent interview.

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