Dimitris
Yeros was born in Greece in 1948 He
was one of the first Greek artists to present Performances, Body Art, Video Art
and Mail Art. He has had 52 individual exhibitions of his works held in Greece
and abroad: in Köln, Düsseldorf, New York, Kassel, Strasbourg, Oxford
(Oxford University), Darmstadt, Indiana, USA (Ball State Art Gallery), Heidelberg,
Nicosia, Milan, Bochum (The Bochum Museum), Berlin, Wuppertal, Mannheim and elsewhere.
He has also participated in numerous international group exhibitions, Biennales
and Triennales in many parts of the world. The following books with his works
have been published: the collection The Sparkling Bathtub (Kastaniotis, 1976);
the photoseries Photopoem (Phyllo, 1977); the art book Yeros with text by Yannis
Patilis (Phorkys, 1984); Dimitris Yeros, a book-catalogue of painting works (The
Bochum Museum, 1986); D. Yeros, a book of painting works with an essay by Professor
Chr. Christou (Prefecture of Biotia, 1998); Theory of the Nude, a book of photographs
with an introduction by P.Weiermair (Planodion, 1998); Periorasis, a book of photographs
with a foreword by Michel Deon and an introduction by P. Devin (Phyllo, 1999);
For a Definition of the Nude, a book of photographs with an introduction by
P. Weiermair (Phyllo, 2000); D. Yeros, a book of painting works with an essay
by John Wood (Ermoupolia 2001). At present he is working on another book with
photographs based on the poems of Constantine P. Cavafy. Works by Dimitris
Yeros are to be found in many private and public collections in Greece and abroad.
He collaborates with the John Stevenson gallery, Throckmorton Fine Art and ArtsForum
Gallery in New York, Vance Martin Fine Arts in San Francisco and the Athens Art
Gallery in Athens, Greece. Textos
sobre el autor: [+]
Dimitris
Yeros. Sense and Sensibility.
Por Lauren E. Talalay (en inglés)
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Jeff
Koons on D.Yeros
(en
inglés).
[+]
Chiseled
Tableaus: The Nudes of Dimitris Yeros,
por Paul LaRosa (en inglés). [+]
On
the book Theory of The Nude,
por Quentin Crisp (en inglés).
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