THESE are turbulent times for Greece, in the wake of an election and with the economy in tatters. Amid talks of an exit from the euro, and larger existential concerns about the country's identity, Maria-Thalia Carras and Olga Hatzidaki saw an opportunity for some public art.
For a project called "a gathering", they asked 28 artists from around the world to design posters about the country. The results?as seen in the slideshow below?consider Greece and Greek identity in any number of ways, personal, political, abstract and figurative.
After appearing in May throughout Athens, they were gathered this month in an exhibition as part of the Athens Festival.
In October they will be shown at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki as part of the Invisible Cities festivities celebrating one hundred years since the city's liberation.
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