Syngrou- Fix Metro Station
The sculptor TAKIS is honoured at the Syngrou- Fix Metro Station.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
2000 The station was inaugurated.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
The “Sygrou-FIX” metro station does not have any architectural particularity, it hosts, however, works by an internationally acclaimed artist, Takis. At the tickets level, we see the “light signals”, which are reliefs in different colours and with alternating light signals. On the escalators, towards the platforms, we see a set of spotlights illuminating a photovoltaic panel, which in turn rotates a small wind turbine. Very often, these sculptures are not in operation and are not well preserved, as a result of which, the “aura” of art is lost.
What I can't see
The Light Signals is a series of works that Takis created exclusively for the metro station and was inspired by the railway station’s traffic lights. Takis (1925-2019) was a self-taught sculptor, pioneer of kinetic art, inventor and innovator of sculpture internationally. He was also one of the first Greek artists to use neon in their works.
Bibliography
https://glypto.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/takis-metro/
Last visit 12/7/2023
Field observation by scientific editors
Christofoglou M. E., (2003), Οι εικαστικές τέχνες 1974- 2000, [Visual arts 1974- 2000], in Ιστορία του νέου ελληνισμού, 1770-2000, [History of modern Hellenism], Ellinika Grammata, v.10, p.p. 277- 294
