1972
From the collection of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
Dominant colour
Εκφράσεις I is a 1972 by Athena Tacha, held at Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
This photo shows a person’s face cut into six horizontal slices. Each slice is a different expression—anger, joy, surprise. The slices repeat but don’t match up, making the face look split and strange. Tacha used her own body to study how small changes shift meaning. She wasn’t trying to show one mood. She showed how many moods sit in one face. If this makes you curious, look up Tacha, Athena (1936).
Athena Tacha (Greek: Αθηνά Τάχα; b. 1936 in Larissa, Greece), is a multimedia visual artist. She is best known for her work in the fields of environmental public sculpture and conceptual art. She also worked in a wide…
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