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This prominent artist presents a new body of work at the welcoming Stavrakas House, where ceramics are transformed into a personal narrative and a poetic exploration of matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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There are artists who use their material as a tool for expression, and others who engage with it on a daily basis, as if it were a living organism. Maria Koubourli belongs to the latter category; for more than twenty years, she has been shaping a personal visual world through clay, transforming the act of ceramics into a deeply experiential creative process. <\/p>\n\n

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This summer, the Stavrakas House in Chora, Patmos, is hosting an exhibition titled \u201cApokyemata \u2013 Figments,\u201d from July 14 to 26, offering the public an opportunity to experience firsthand the unique work of an artist whose life and artistic journey are deeply connected to the island.<\/p>\n\n

Maria Koubourli has been living and working on Patmos for the past several years, having set up her studio in Kampos. There, far from the noise and pretentious trends, she continues to cultivate a meaningful relationship with her materials. Without using a potter\u2019s wheel, working exclusively by hand, she creates small sculptures, figurines, jugs, and lamps that bear the distinct imprint of her touch and gestures. <\/p>\n\n

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Her works are not dominated by technical virtuosity but by the need to tell a story. The forms that emerge from the clay seem to carry memories, dreams, myths, and inner journeys. Sometimes they evoke primal symbols, and other times they resemble small, fantastical characters, always maintaining a sense of intimacy and tenderness. <\/p>\n\n

The exhibition \u201cFigments\u201d operates precisely at this crossroads between the real and the imaginary. Clay serves as a vessel of memory, but also as a medium of transformation. Earth, water, air, and fire\u2014the elements that accompany every ceramic creation\u2014take on a symbolic dimension and compose a world where matter seems to acquire a soul. <\/p>\n\n

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For Patmos, which every summer becomes a meeting place for people and ideas, Maria Koubourli\u2019s exhibition is a unique cultural experience. It is an exhibition that invites visitors not merely to view it, but to experience it, by following the silent stories hidden within each ceramic form. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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