Neither the pandemic nor the bitter cold of the mountain prevented friends and associates of Aleko Fasianos from attending today the funeral of the great painter, in the Papagou cemetery.
“This unexpected love of the people for Aleko Fasianos is a proof that despite the difficult times we are experiencing, we still have good feelings inside us,” said Mariza Fasianou excitedly in the courtyard of the cemetery, expressing public thanks for the people from all walks of life. of the earth who have shown these days their support for themselves and their children for the loss.
The last path of the tireless painter, engraver, poet Aleko Fasianou was attended by the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva, the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni, the SYRIZA MP Sia Anagnostopoulou, the former Ptopolgos the room that hosts the Municipal Gallery of Papagou-Cholargos at the City Hall, was named after him, after his proposal), Vassilis Theocharakis, Thanasis Kastaniotis, Lakis Papastathis, Phoebe Angelopoulou, Manolis Giorgos Mitos of by Tzia et al.
“Alekos Fasianos was a great painter with a childish soul,” said director Lakis Papastathis when asked by reporters at the funeral, but also because his documentary about Aleko Fasianos, which he had directed on the TV show Paraskinio, wrote his first story: Alekou at the National Archaeological Museum, still a student at the School of Fine Arts, led him to the ancient figures which all his life he tried to paint giving them the look of modern Greeks. It is the motif of his painting, especially from the ancient vessels, that made him famous all over the world “said Lakis Papastathis and added:” I see his friends. We were many friends of Aleko. And all together with one voice we say to him: IMMORTAL “.
Among the artist’s newest friends, art critic Takis Mavrotas, who has curated twelve -from the countless- exhibitions of Aleko Fasianos, gave the “present” in the direction of Alekos Fasianos, an “inexhaustible painter with universal acceptance, a universal acceptance since 500 series of engravings define his evolutionary adventure, sealed with success “. “The work of Fasianos”, as Takis Mavrotas said, “reflects the sanctity of everyday life”.
Costas Gavras bids farewell to his “bright” friend Aleko Fasianos
The Greek-French director Costas Gavras paid tribute to his friend Aleko Fasianos, “an exemplary painter-philosopher”, with whom he liked to eat sea urchins on a pristine beach in Greece. In a letter to Agence France-Presse, the director, who will celebrate his 90th birthday in February, hailed “the painter’s unique and so personal work, often referred to as the” Greek Picasso “or Matisse of modern times. The two friends shared including the love of France, the love of Greece and the love of Kea, an island in the Cyclades.
The municipality of Papagou-Cholargos for Aleko Fasianos
“Our fellow citizen Alekos Fasianos, one of the greatest contemporary Greek painters, passed away, leaving behind a great heritage and a great legacy”, it is mentioned in a statement of the municipality of Papagou-Holargos. Alekos Fasianos had created the logos of the Papagou-Holargos Festival and the Municipal Organization of Culture, Sports and Environment and the municipality of Papagou-Holargos had honored him with the “Pericles Award” in 2019. In his honor in 2021, the hall that hosts Papagou-Cholargos Gallery at the City Hall, was named after a proposal by Mayor Elias Apostolopoulos.
It is recalled that Alekos Fasianos passed away on Sunday night, at the age of 87.
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