Giorgos Ioannou

Giorgos (also mentioned as Yorgos or Georges) Ioannou (10 December 1926 – 13 February 2017) was a Greek artist.

Biography

Born in Athens, he is considered to have been one of the main representatives of the Pop Art movement in Greece.

In his work by adopting the main aspects of pop art and utilizing the techniques employed by comic books, he turned to satirizing social and political reality, creating compositions with a surrealistic atmosphere and symbolic allusions.

References

• National Gallery, Greece Giorgos Ioannou
• iset - Contemporary Greek Art Institute - Giorgos Ioannou
• Αρχείο Τ. Σπητέρη - Φάκελοι Καλλιτεχνών, Γιώργος ΙωάννοϠ, Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών, Α.Π.Θ.
• Π.Δ.Καγκελάρη, Γιώργος ΙωάννοϠΑναζητήσεις στη Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Ζωγραφική - Η Συλλογή Καγκελάρη, τόμ.2, Έκδοση πρώτη, Αθήνα 1999,
• Λεξικό Ελλήνων Καλλιτεχνών, τόμος 2, (Θ-Λ), Zωγράφοι-Γλύπτες-Χαράκτες, 16ος - 20ός αιώνας (εκδ.Μέλισσα 2000)
• Giorgos / Georges Ioannou (official site) http://giorgos-ioannou.com

External links

• Giorgos Ioannou National Gallery
• iset - Contemporary Greek Art Institute - Giorgos Ioannou
• Αρχείο Τ. Σπητέρη - Φάκελοι Καλλιτεχνών - Γιώργος ΙωάννοÏÂ
• CONTEMPORARY GREEK PAINTING THE CANGELARIS COLLECTION
• Exhibition "Giorgos Ioannou, Album 1940-1974" (BCU, November 2016-January 2017)
• Giorgos Ioannou (official site)