MUZE Art

MUZE ArtImpressive Portraits

Deep, imposing and impactful portraits printed on canvas embellished with traditional, colourful and original details.

Our art gallery is an integral part of our DNA. Much like travel and hospitality itself, it enables us to think deeper, broaden our perspectives and transform ourselves and the world around us.  As hoteliers, we also understand our unique capacity to give rising artists from around the world a unique platform to share their talent and insight.

It is our privilege to work closely with curator Erica Vassiliou and the Greek duo Vangelis Kyris and Anatoly Georgiev to produce our permanent exhibition.

Contemporary photography

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A Voyage Within

A love story where contemporary photography meets traditional techniques such as tea dyeing and thread corrosion, as a means of realizing the creative vision that 2 artists share with the third powerhouse of the group, Erica Vassiliou - an insightful art lover who has acted as the catalyst in the emergence of this magical partnership.

The works comprise deep, imposing and impactful portraits printed on canvas that distill experiences of photographer Vangelis Kyris during imaginary, subconscious and literal travels around the world.  

Anatoli Georgiev, the photographer's friend and collaborator for the past five years, takes each canvas and subtly embellishes the details with traditional, colourful and original details that give Vangelis’ portraits a vibrant third dimension, unlocking new, multiple readings of the same image, this time through texture.

TheArtists

VANGELIS KYRIS

Dubbed as a fashion world rebel, refusing to compromise his personal vision for the sake of popularity, Vangelis is the photographer who eventually altered how Greek magazines perceived aesthetics by allowing the quality of his art to elevate the print world. His personal artistic quest led him, soon after, to embark on a creative journey through portraits-tributes to the painter Yiannis Tsarouchis, imaginative postcards and slide shows – personal travels within the subconscious state of space and time. His approach to the Greek traditional wardrobe is a free, unrestrained interpretation that is soon to be translated into a major historical project. He met with Anatoli Georgiev at the peak of the economic crisis and has since been in a constant artistic dialogue with him

ANATOLI GEORGIEV

Born and raised in Bulgaria, as a child, he embroidered the outline of a pigeon that left his teacher speechless. He expressed himself through dance and photography and in 2014 he became a close collaborator and source of inspiration for Vangelis Kyris. His natural inclination to art has evolved through his experiences and practices, as well as his personal involvement in anything that deals with the expression of his creativity, from decoration to dance costumes, but also an inherent knowledge that surpasses even the masters of the field in aesthetics and quality.

ERICA VASSILIOU

THE CURATOR
A sharp eye for art and an even sharper instinct for anything worthy of her inner filter has endowed Erica Vassiliou with the gift of a strong mindset, pristine aesthetics and an infallible approach to everything that surrounds her. After studying in London she went to the US, where her studies in Fine Arts armed her with a background filled with rich insights and profound knowledge. This led her to acknowledge, within the very first few minutes of encountering the work of Vangelis Kyris and Anatoli Georgiev what she needed to focus on and bring to light, working as a catalyst for the work of the two artists. 
Within three months of their first acquaintance, she had already set up their first joint exhibition, with further exhibitions in the pipeline that have already taken shape and form in her mind.