TOUCH THE STONE Part 1″ European and USA exhibition by Kalagias”1821

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the hellenic revolution against the Turkish yoke! The well-known mosaic creator Grigoris Kalagias, decided to participate in a unique historical way. Ηe creates 4 large portraits, by famous painters, using stone tiles from the areas where the biggest battles it Greece took place in 1821. “Dusk on the beach of Velika village with the sun disappearing behind the dark volume of Mt Ossa, painting clouds and sky with orange colors Kalagias, bent over his tiles, to assemble and breathe new life into the burning of the Turkish flagship from Kanaris to Psara, to choose and match his colored tiles bringing life to that moment of Kanaris… (from Spiros Tsantopoulos article)