We are pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Olga Migliaressi-Phoca (*1981 I Athens) at the gallery.
Through a new multi-series sequence of signature mirror works, Migliaressi-Phoca takes us into a disorientating hall of unanswerable questions and irresolvable contradictions using the powerful punk and postmodern tool of collage. By rearranging everyday symbols into her mirrored frames, the artist repurposes well-known signifiers with meanings of her own. Implications are layered and provocations slanted via the nuance-layered prism of these witty, ironic compositions.
Migliaressi-Phoca quotes from across the broad spectrum of a globalised mainstream iconography we all know. She co-opts the luxury branding of Chanel and Givenchy, the headline font of Vogue magazine, and the tourism slogan “I love New York”. Chanel becomes Change; Vogue becomes Vague. Beyond being amusing, this pithy wordplay functions by revealing the absurdity of established social priorities, undermining the gloss of projection that gives luxury its mirage and lends cultural symbols their power.