“I have gathered a garland of other men’s flowers, and nothing is mine but the cord that binds them.” Michel de Montaigne Flowers symbolise the opposite of force. Flower power was, in the 1960s, a rejoinder to killing fields. A flower placed in the barrel of a gun renders the weapon benign. Blooms are the […]
The work was created for, and presented in the Greek Pavilion, at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999. It is comprised of a perpendicular video projection which only becomes visible through the openings of 936 square sectioned aluminium tubes (10cm X 10cm X 3.30m), placed next to and above each other, creating a cube which […]
A series of four large C prints on Plexiglas installed at the Aegina island Fish Market. The photographs depict images from various fish and food markets from around the world which Danae Stratou has taken during her travels. […]
Desert Breath is a group project created by D.A.ST. Arteam, (Danae Stratou, Alexandra Stratou, Stella Constantinides). It is an Earth Work that covers 100.000 m2, in the eastern Sahara desert bordering the Red Sea in Egypt. Its construction consists of the displacement of 8.000 m3 of sand formed so as to create precise positive and negative conical […]
Merimbula was originally presented in the context of Danae Stratou’s solo show titled Burning Issues – Merimbula. Curated by Christoforos Marinos and organised by the City of Athens Culture, Sports and Youth Organisation (OPANDA), the show was hosted at The City of Athens Art Centre, in Parko Eleftherias (Freedom Park), Athens, Greece from 25 May […]
Burning Issues was originally presented in the context of Danae Stratou’s solo show titled Burning Issues – Merimbula. Curated by Christoforos Marinos and organised by the City of Athens Culture, Sports and Youth Organisation (OPANDA), the show was hosted at The City of Athens Art Centre, in Parko Eleftherias (Freedom Park), Athens, Greece from 25 […]
Marking the opening of the Aeschylia Festival, the installation was presented at the Old Oil Mill of Eleusis from June – November 2017. Upon the Earth Under the Clouds is a large-scale site-specific installation conceived for the Old Mill and the city of Eleusis. Using water and soil as its core materials and ceramic pots […]
Desert Breath is a Land Art project created by D.A.ST. Arteam. The team was founded in 1995 by: Danae Stratou (installation artist & sculptor), Alexandra Stratou (industrial designer & architect), Stella Konstantinidis (architect), for the purpose of creating this project. The project is rooted in our common desire to work in the desert. In our […]
UPCOMING SHOW FLOWERS GREECE – HOLLAND On the occasion of the upcoming show FLOWERS, I am pleased to announce my new collaboration with Kappatos Gallery In the context of this work, Danae Stratou photographs flowers in Greece and flowers in the Netherlands. Flowers symbolise the opposite of force. Flower power was, in the 1960s, a rejoinder to killing fields. A […]
AUCTION PARTICIPATION Artists for DiEM25 I am proud to be among an amazing group of artists who are donating work to support the grassroots Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. We are delighted to launch DiEM25´s online auction in partnership with paddle8, Artists for DiEM25, raising funds for DiEM25’s historic campaign to bring democracy and humanity back to Europe. Across […]