The Breeder is pleased to present the first solo show of Aristeidis Lappas with the gallery at its project space.
Lappas creates a flamboyantly colored playground where one can meander through concepts of identity, urbanism, humor and existentialism. His use of familiar imagery remains encapsulated in larger forms allowing for playful discoveries, rediscoveries and interpretations.
He expands the space, naturally provided by humor, for contemplating on previously repressed or silenced issues, by alternating between abstraction and narration. Lappas also comments on the perceived “Greekness” as inextricably linked to Ancient Greece, as opposed to the grimy actualities of the everyday Greek experience. His humorous approach is not only a simple indicator of incongruity between the two; it also serves as a reflection on the arbitrary construction of such identities.
Aristeidis Lappas (b. 1993, Athens) is a graduate of the University of West England, in Bristol (2015). Recent shows include: Break Time Contemplations, solo at Transformer, Washington (2018); Athens and its Peripheries in Regards to Contemporary Painting, curated by Hugo Wheeler. The Breeder, Athens (2018); Laughing to the Joke of the Sour Oranges, solo show curated by Hugo Wheeler, Zoodochou Pigis 91, Athens.
