Exhibition "Conversations" of the painters Costas Plakotari and Costas Kontogiannis: Hatzigiannio

The President and the members of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Society for Multiple Sclerosis, in the context of the celebration of the 30 years of the Society, are holding an informative evening on the topic: "Holistic approach to the patient with Multiple Sclerosis", on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 18:00 at Hatzigianneio Spiritual Center of Larissa, under the auspices of the Deputy Mayor of Culture & Science of the Municipality of Larissa.

After the end of the evening, the opening of the visual exhibition of Kostas Plakotaris and Kostas Kontogiannis will follow. Entitled "Conversations" which is part of the public awareness actions for Multiple Sclerosis.

With the kind support of Diaulos, which is intended after consultation on tel. 6945715706 for the free transport of people with Multiple Sclerosis.

The Hellenic Society for Multiple Sclerosis (HSS) is a non-profit, non-governmental association, based in Thessaloniki, with approximately 7000 members nationwide.

It has been active in Greece for 30 years with the aim of supporting people with Multiple Sclerosis, so that they can achieve autonomy, as soon as possible and with the least effort, the improvement of their daily life with the aim of their participation in daily productive activities, reintegration them through professional involvement in society as a whole, raising society's awareness of the problems created by the disease, contributing both to the correct use of existing treatment, and to research to find a definitive cure. the valid information of all interested parties (patients, therapists, relatives, etc.) in matters surrounding the disease.

It has Offices in Thessaloniki, Athens, Tripoli, Trikala, Heraklion of Crete and Corfu which are operated mainly by volunteers-sufferers.

It works with state hospital doctors (neurologists, orthopedics, ophthalmologists, urologists, psychiatrists, physiatrists), as well as with psychologists, physiotherapists, physical therapists, social workers and nurses.

It distributes information leaflets about the condition and publishes a quarterly newspaper which is sent to all members, to the 800 neurologists in Greece and to Greeks in the diaspora.

It organizes meetings for getting to know and exchange of views between members, excursions, as well as entertainment events.

It has volunteer self-help groups for home visits to those in need.

It provides telephone information and psychological support and maintains a telephone network for communication and information with members about their rights.

Members also participate in groups of various activities (physical therapy, pool exercise, aerobic exercise, pilates, psychological support, art workshop) offered by experts on a voluntary basis.

He is a regular member of the European Platform for Multiple Sclerosis and the International Federation for Multiple Sclerosis. The EESKP is represented on the Boards of Directors of both International Organizations, which are composed of persons of international prestige.

Art Exhibition Kostas Plakotaris - Kostas Kontogiannis entitled "Conversations" for the 30 years of the Hellenic Society for Multiple Sclerosis.

Two important Greek painters present more than 40 of their works, mainly landscapes, portraits and compositions with human figures, many of them of large dimensions, on the 2nd floor of Hatziyannios.

Kostas Plakotaris was drawn to the study of modernist trends from a very early age, but he remained a representational painter, mainly a landscape painter.

He developed a personal idiom where he combines analytical cubism and orphism, mainly in the works of the interwar period. The exhibition will feature oil and watercolor works.

Kostas Kontogiannis belongs to the post-war generation of Greek art, in which abstraction played a leading role.

"I subtract to emphasize the essentials, to project them as vividly as possible with the intensity of the emotion and vision they created for me. Abstraction for me is a means to better express the human form, not to obliterate it. I belong to a generation of "romantics", perhaps the last, that some umbilical cord binds us to the worship of nature and the truth of form".

He used to work as an apprentice with the pencil every day until the end of his life with models of familiar faces: members of his family, children and youth of the village, farmers and breeders, patrons of the cafe, works which will be presented in the exhibition.

Their connecting link is Melita Plakotari, daughter of the painter Kostas Plakotari and the poet Alexandra Plakotari and wife of Kostas Kontogiannis. The exhibition will present her works, as well as poems by Alexandra Plakotari.

Exhibition duration: December 3-11, 2022

Days and hours of operation: Monday to Saturday: 10.00 – 13.30 & 17.30 – 21.00

For more information contact:

Hellenic Society for Multiple Sclerosis

Eva Ioannidou, contact phone: 6977567969

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