Rania Bellou

The articulation of memory through language reveals a wider gulf between memories and our recollection of them. Everyday objects and objects seen only through narratives become mementos of an elusive past. Based on the Proustian model of subjective memory as a recreation of the past, the artworks of Rania Bellou compel the viewer to return to ‘personal’ memories. Such a return though is only possible through a ‘free’ journey among blurred and vague mental images. Using visuals and sounds as Proustian triggers, her artworks imply ways of perceiving the world outside of time. They often take the form of real objects or stories that are constituted as stereotypes through omission of their actual history.


Rania Bellou has had several solo exhibitions over the last few years, including Taymour Grahne Gallery, NY, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, and Europe House, London. Group shows include Centre for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Ex-Teresa Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City, LUCCADigitalPHOTOFest, Lucca, Italy, and Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos, Greece. She participated in the III Moscow Biennale for Young Artists in 2012. 


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