«…Many artists with Greek roots have made significant contributions to American art since 1920s. Mοdern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century is the first exhibition to offer a broad look at the historical record of their role, though an inevitably selective one. It presents the odyssey (in the sense of a voyage and an adventure, not as a feat) of thirty-four artists, with more than eighty works providing an important “picture album” of as period in the history of art shared by Greece and the United States. What all these artists -with their varying styles and approaches to making art- have in common is their involvement with the visual reality of America while retaining elements that serve as direct and indirect links with Greek culture, old and new…».
Katerina Koskina
Art Historian
(from the catalogue)