Stories from Cartonboard

As part of the Macedonian Paper Mills ‘MELima mas’ CSR programme, visual artist Manolis Charos held an exhibition titled ‘Stories from cartonboard - Aesop’s Fables’ at Casa Bianca - Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery, from 15 May to 15 July 2017, curated by art historians Giannis Bolis and Domna Gounari. Having researched and studied depictions of the fables in numerous illustrated manuscripts and publications, the artist presented two- and three-dimensional cartonboard compositions as part of a unified setting with animals as the main characters that acquire voices and human characteristics, thus charting a multi-dimensional inner world of emotions. More than 1,000 students took part in the educational activities staged around the exhibition, since the primary goal of the show was to inform the children and increase awareness of the importance of recycling, as well as to stimulate their imagination and creativity. In addition, the artist designed a large tracing on cartonboard especially for the presentation so that the young visitors could help complete the work and experience the joy of play and creative expression as they took part in an imaginative artistic ‘game’.As part of the Macedonian Paper Mills ‘MELima mas’ CSR programme, visual artist Manolis Charos held an exhibition titled ‘Stories from cartonboard - Aesop’s Fables’ at Casa Bianca - Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery, from 15 May to 15 July 2017, curated by art historians Giannis Bolis and Domna Gounari. Having researched and studied depictions of the fables in numerous illustrated manuscripts and publications, the artist presented two- and three-dimensional cartonboard compositions as part of a unified setting with animals as the main characters that acquire voices and human characteristics, thus charting a multi-dimensional inner world of emotions. More than 1,000 students took part in the educational activities staged around the exhibition, since the primary goal of the show was to inform the children and increase awareness of the importance of recycling, as well as to stimulate their imagination and creativity. In addition, the artist designed a large tracing on cartonboard especially for the presentation so that the young visitors could help complete the work and experience the joy of play and creative expression as they took part in an imaginative artistic ‘game’.