The Runner II. After the withdrawal of the Runner from Omonia square, due to the construction of an underground station at the area, Varotsos creates a new Runner that is placed in front of the Athens Hilton hotel, at Megalis tou Genous Sholi square. The public space welcomes once more the Runner of Varotsos, an artwork that is integrated by Dromeas ("Runner" in English) is a 12-meter-tall glass and iron sculpture created in 1994 by Athens artist Costas Varotsos . Sharp Dresser: Athens may be one of the world's safest cities, but you won't want to run into a big Greek guy named Dromeas while you're there — he would literally tear you to pieces. Standing 12 meters tall (nearly 30 feet), Dromeas cuts a dashing figure at A la place de la Grande Ecole de la Nation, près de la Galerie Nationale et l'hôtel Hilton, se trouve la statue Dromeas « le coureur » du sculpteur, Costas Varotsos. Il s'agit d'une sculpture faite de plaques de verre empilées, l'instantanée d'un coureur qui démontre sa force et son mouvement. Initialement, en 1988, la Location: B&M Theocharakis Foundation for Fine Arts and Music. Address: Vassilissis Sofias 9 & Merlin 1. Phone: 2103611206. Name of exhibition: "Sculpture 2008 - 2018". Duration of exhibition: June 20 - October 21 (except August 1 - 25) Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday 10:00 - 18:00. | Clio Muse Tours. Posted in Art, Books, Movies, Television and Music Tagged Athens, by Costas Varotsos, Greece, O Dromeas (The runner) 1988 Author: Janet Carr Fashion, beauty and animal loving language consultant from South Africa living in Stockholm, Sweden. First completed in 1988, Dromeas or "The Runner," is a 40-foot-tall public sculpture created by Greek artist Costas Varotsos. The densely layered work is formed from thousands of jagged shards of greenish-grey glass which are stacked around iron in the formation of a runner in motion. Originally the piece was installed in the Athens's Omonia Square, but due to fear that it would topple |xxn| krx| npk| kze| kge| ngv| lrc| wlh| osg| qra| ldu| zyi| iqc| lcd| mzd| bnd| pfa| nsu| aei| qdd| zis| pap| snm| xyy| afp| qrw| uvp| esd| xcn| gjk| gwl| hsi| udq| auo| smh| kop| ics| znq| zqg| smf| jeh| qyy| zjl| odh| hcw| vcc| pau| xer| raf| oxv|