9/11 Exhibition Coming To Greektown

CHICAGO — An Abstract Expressionism exhibition that focuses on the September 11 fall of the World Trade Center will open at the National Hellenic Museum in Greektown on Sept. 20. George Kokines: Layers Revealed is the largest installation of Kokines' career.

Kokines said he was deeply impacted when he witnessed the World Trade Center collapse first hand while he was in New York. His installation includes the painting Agios Nikolaos, representing the small Greek Orthodox church that also stood at Ground Zero.

Kokines uses geometrical forms, abstract figures and intense spaces of color in his art. He inserts references to Greek mythology and his life experiences into his work. When working with nontraditional materials like wax, plaster and concrete, Kokines often carves through the layers he has built up on the surface.

Kokines’ work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationally and internationally, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum, the Richard Gray Gallery, the Centro Cultural in Buenos Aires and the Palazzo Massari in Ferrara, Italy.

The National Hellenic Museum, 333 S. Halsted, is open to all ages. Tickets for adults are $10, seniors $8, students $8 and children 3 to 12 years are $7. NHM is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed on Mondays.

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