Artists

Christodoulos Panayiotou

Press release

Luma Westbau presents Entertainment, an exhibition of newly commissioned works by Christodoulos Panayiotou. It continues an inquiry begun with One Year, his recent exhibition at Luma Arles, into how we experience, shape and remember time. Entertainment looks at the ways we use leisure, distraction and spectacle to step away from everyday life. But entertainment is not simply an escape. It is also a space where we act out desires, imagine different ways of living and take on social roles. The exhibition asks what our forms of entertainment reveal about how we live, what we value and how we experience time. Curated by Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Artistic Director, Luma Arles. +++ About Christodoulos Panayiotou Christodoulos Panayiotou (b. 1978, Limassol, Cyprus) explores hidden narratives within the visual records of history and time. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at institutions including LUMA Arles, Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Camden Art Centre, London; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City; Kunsthalle Zürich; and Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis. His work has also featured in major international exhibitions including the Aichi Triennale, Lyon Biennial, Sharjah Biennial, dOCUMENTA (13) and the Venice Biennale. In 2019, he collaborated on the conception of Emma Kunz – Visionary Drawings at the Serpentine Gallery, London.