{"title":"Yustini Drakoulakou","description":"\u003ch3\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eTurquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"348\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"348\"\u003ePhotography, the body and matter: between science and superstition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"350\" data-end=\"812\" class=\"\"\u003eTrained in geology and photography, \u003cstrong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"417\"\u003eIoustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/strong\u003e develops work at the intersection of scientific research and sensory experience. Her series \u003cem data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"537\"\u003eLosing Turquoise\u003c\/em\u003e originated in her Master's thesis in Earth Sciences, conducted at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. It was there, in 2019, that she observed, under a polarizing microscope, thin sections of the only known occurrence of turquoise in Greece, in the Vathi region of Kilkis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1246\" class=\"\"\u003e A mythical and unstable stone, turquoise—a hydrated phosphate of copper and aluminum—constantly varies in its composition, color, weight, and hardness. Throughout the centuries, it has inspired as many rituals, superstitions, and beliefs as it has scientific analyses. Drakoulakou uses it as the central thread of a broader reflection on the contemporary tension between science and belief, rationality and magical thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"1248\" data-end=\"1749\" class=\"\"\u003eAt a time when technology is advancing at breakneck speed, there is a resurgence of neo-apocalyptic narratives, mystical discourses, and even conspiracy theories. These two worlds—one based on analysis, the other on intuition or faith—intersect, ignore each other, or clash. The \u003cem data-start=\"1548\" data-end=\"1566\"\u003eLosing Turquoise\u003c\/em\u003e series embodies this tension: microscopic views become abstract landscapes, while the photographed bodies become receptacles, living filters of these contradictory forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"1751\" data-end=\"2016\" class=\"\"\u003e Through a play of slippages between the infinitely small and the cosmic immensity, between raw matter and vulnerable flesh, Ioustini Drakoulakou weaves a poetic and plastic language that questions our relationship to knowledge, to myth, and to what escapes us.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"turquoise-1-serie-loosing-turquoise","title":"Turquoise 1 - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"15\"\u003eTurquoise 1\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\" class=\"\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(plus supervision fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP + framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"126\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet printing on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"683\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"340\"\u003eTurquoise 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e opens the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"374\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e series like a glimpse of a geological secret. Captured through a polarizing microscope at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, this image reveals a slice of eternity: a fragment of turquoise observed at the microscopic scale, from the only known turquoise deposit in Greece, located in Vathi Kilkis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"977\" class=\"\"\u003e The gaze is lost in this bluish, crystalline material, both blurry and precise, like a fading mineral memory. By combining art and science, Ioustini Drakoulakou explores the disappearance of a geological treasure while paying homage to the fragile memory of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"979\" data-end=\"1090\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTurquoise I is a suspended vision, a poetic imprint of what remains when all seems already lost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50531853074773,"sku":"","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 13,33 cm","offer_id":50531853107541,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/001_ioustinidrakoulakou_Losingturquoise.jpg?v=1743537552"},{"product_id":"turquoise-1-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Turquoise 2 - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e \n\u003cstrong data-end=\"15\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eTurquoise 2\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-end=\"63\" data-start=\"43\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-end=\"126\" data-start=\"100\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet printing on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"659\" data-start=\"321\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"334\" data-start=\"321\"\u003eTurquoise 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e extends the visual meditation initiated by Ioustini Drakoulakou on mineral memory, through his series \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"470\" data-start=\"450\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e . Created from thin sections observed under a polarizing microscope, this work reveals an almost cosmic, vibrant and fragmented material, like a celestial vestige frozen in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"978\" data-start=\"661\"\u003e This photograph was taken in 2019 at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, as part of the artist's research on Greece's only turquoise deposit, located in Vathi Kilkis. A work blending science and poetry, where the gaze lingers between geology and introspection, between disappearance and revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1101\" data-start=\"980\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTurquoise 2 is a fragile and magnetic imprint of what once was, a crystalline trace of the intimate and the invisible.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50531983032661,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 13,33 cm","offer_id":50531983065429,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/005_ioustini_drakoulakou__Losing_turquoise.jpg?v=1743538082"},{"product_id":"turquoise-2-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Turquoise 3 - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"\u003e \n\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"15\"\u003eTurquoise 3\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\" class=\"\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP –\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(plus supervision fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"126\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet printing on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"726\" data-start=\"325\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"340\" data-start=\"325\"\u003eTurquoise 3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e immerses us in a spectral, almost cosmic vision of matter. Originating from a polarizing microscope image taken at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, this photograph reveals the microstructures of the only turquoise deposit identified in Greece, in the Vathi Kilkis region. This research, conducted as part of the artist's master's thesis, lies at the intersection of geology and contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"951\" data-start=\"728\"\u003e This icy disc, as if seen through a breath, evokes both the crystalline purity and the fragility of the mineral world. Cracks, filaments, bubbles: each detail testifies to a threatened balance, a beauty on borrowed time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1047\" data-start=\"953\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTurquoise 3 is an imprint of silence, an ancient world frozen in a flickering light.\u003cem data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"334\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50532068032853,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 13,33 cm","offer_id":50532068065621,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/017_ioustini_drakoulakou__Losing_turquoise.jpg?v=1743538771"},{"product_id":"turquoise-3-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Turquoise 10 - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"\u003e\n\n \u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"15\"\u003eTurquoise 10\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\" class=\"\"\u003e🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP –\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(plus supervision fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"126\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"710\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"396\"\u003eTurquoise 10\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the intimacy of matter at the microscopic scale, captured under polarization in the heart of the laboratory at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This photograph is part of research conducted by the artist for his scientific thesis on the only known turquoise deposit in Greece, at Vathi Kilkis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"991\" class=\"\"\u003eHere, the rock becomes a constellation. The fragmented mineral structure radiates gently, as if it carried within it the vestiges of a silent explosion. One perceives the memory of the soil, the faults, the scars, and a light suspended between the visible and the invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1105\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA fragile and cosmic work, where science becomes poetry, and the mineral, a territory of buried emotions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50532127965525,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 13,33 cm","offer_id":50532127998293,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/014_ioustini_drakoulakou__Losing_turquoise.jpg?v=1743539265"},{"product_id":"turquoise-10-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Turquoise ∅ - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"\u003e\n\n \u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"15\"\u003eTurquoise \u003cspan\u003e∅\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"63\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\" class=\"\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"126\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"595\" class=\"\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"399\"\u003eTurquoise ∅\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e , Ioustini Drakoulakou delivers a spectral, almost ethereal image, captured with a polarizing microscope from a thin slice of turquoise from Vathi Kilkis – the only deposit of this mineral in Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"886\" class=\"\"\u003e The work, which belongs to the \u003cem data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"650\"\u003eLosing Turquoise\u003c\/em\u003e series, evokes a form of disappearance, a final trace. Emptiness seems to gain ground, as if matter itself were fading in the light. At the heart of this pale circle, a core resists, fragile, almost erased, but still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"977\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA scientific gaze transformed into poetic contemplation, between dissolution and persistence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50532142121301,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 13,33 cm","offer_id":50532142154069,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/019_ioustini_drakoulakou__Losing_turquoise.jpg?v=1743540312"},{"product_id":"turquoise-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Turquoise 6 - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\n\n \u003cstrong data-end=\"15\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eTurquoise 6\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-end=\"63\" data-start=\"43\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP –\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(plus supervision fees) \u003cbr\u003e🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-end=\"126\" data-start=\"100\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"586\" data-start=\"379\"\u003e In this image with milky and almost unreal hues, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"453\" data-start=\"438\"\u003eTurquoise 6\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e plunges us into an enigmatic, subterranean vision, where fragments of mineral matter float like fossilized memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"895\" data-start=\"588\"\u003e Ioustini Drakoulakou continues his intimate exploration of Greek turquoise through the scientific lens of the polarizing microscope. This image, taken from a slide studied at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, becomes a window onto another dimension – somewhere between geology, memory, and visual abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"985\" data-start=\"897\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA floating mineral landscape, where matter seems to dissolve in the silence of time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50532199858517,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 13,33 cm","offer_id":50532199891285,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/006_ioustini_drakoulakou__Losing_turquoise.jpg?v=1743540975"},{"product_id":"turquoise-6-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Turquoise 7 - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\n\n \u003cstrong data-end=\"15\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eTurquoise 7\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cstrong data-end=\"63\" data-start=\"43\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e140 x 115 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP –\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(plus supervision fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e20 x 16.67 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 5 + 2 AP – (+ framing fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-end=\"126\" data-start=\"100\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"640\" data-start=\"398\"\u003e Under the eye of the polarizing microscope, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"450\" data-start=\"435\"\u003eTurquoise 7\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an unsuspected, almost cosmic world. 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At first glance, one believes one is contemplating a sea of ​​clouds, then a telluric, almost lunar texture emerges, evoking an inverted map. The sky becomes ground, the stone becomes vapor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1089\" data-start=\"794\"\u003e The work echoes the ambivalent nature of turquoise, a mystical stone with both scientific and talismanic properties, a recurring theme throughout the series. 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The brilliant shards, the crystalline veins, the clear fractures evoke a material in constant mutation, where geological memory surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"884\" data-start=\"598\"\u003e The image presents itself as both a map and an enigma: an inner territory, a mental landscape, a fragment of rock that has become an intimate cosmology. The eye is lost in the ramifications of a transfigured underground world, where each crystalline detail seems to contain a forgotten story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1259\" data-start=\"886\"\u003eIn the series \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"918\" data-start=\"900\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e , this work highlights the tension between the scientific rigor of mineralogical analysis and the emergence of sensitive, almost shamanic narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1259\" data-start=\"886\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThrough Drakoulakou's lens, the mineral world becomes a mirror of our contemporary contradictions—between rational certainties and re-enchanted beliefs, between matter and memory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ioustini Drakoulakou","offers":[{"title":"106,70 x 160 cm","offer_id":50537991242069,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/1242\/1973\/files\/013_ioustini_drakoulakou__Losing_turquoise.jpg?v=1743584138"},{"product_id":"untitled-rockform-v-serie-losing-turquoise-photographie-copie","title":"Untitled rockform VI - Losing turquoise series - Photography","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eUntitled rockform VI – \u003cstrong data-end=\"63\" data-start=\"43\"\u003eLosing turquoise\u003c\/strong\u003e series – Ioustini Drakoulakou\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"95\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong\u003e106.70 x\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e160 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e – Edition of 3 + 2 AP\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(plus supervision fees)\u003cbr\u003e 🔹 \u003cstrong data-end=\"126\" data-start=\"100\"\u003ePrinting\u003c\/strong\u003e : Inkjet on archival paper ( \u003cspan\u003emuseum quality that uses refined pigment particles to create beautiful, high-resolution artwork)\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"678\" data-start=\"324\"\u003e In \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"351\" data-start=\"329\"\u003eUntitled rockform VI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e , Ioustini Drakoulakou continues his quest for a sensory geopoetics where rock becomes a sensitive, almost living surface. 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