07/08/2026
Artist news | Zoë Paul
‘Born Twice’
Solo exhibition at Alkinois Arts Space
Athens, Greece
Comprising of a new body of sculptures, paintings, and drawings, the exhibition will be on view until 19 September.
According to the artist, “To be born twice presents the notion of dual being, of dual states of consciousness. The circle of dying and rebirth. That which we believe true and that which we generate momentarily in the liminal spaces of being and becoming, of categorisation and the borders of reality.
The word Διγενής (Digenis) relates more specifically to Βασίλειος Διγενής Ακρίτας, the legendary medieval epic hero saddling East and West in his origins and thereby being twice born of the borders as his name implies. Perhaps he is the evolution of the borderless deity Dionysus who as well as being literally born twice, had his duality dissolved beyond the East and West, to states of birth and death, segueing the realms of the underworld, physical bodies, be that of species, gender, states of consciousness or categorisation.”
𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀:
‘KRAUYH’ (2024 - 2026), Glazed ceramic with magnesium oxide, metal base, 190 x 60 x 48 cm
‘Legs’ (2024 - 2026), Glazed ceramic, 65 x 50 x 22 cm
Photographs by Constantinos Caravatellis, courtesy of the artist and Alkinois Arts Space
