Painter Fotis Sarris passed away yesterday at the age of 74 years. The funeral took place on August 11, at 4 pm in the First Cemetery of Athens.
His first solo exhibition in 1967, before the dictatorship, the ‘New Forms’ was about the murder of Sotiris Petroulas. In 1973, he exhibited at the gallery “Ora”. He preferred, however, opposed to the circuits in the art, to exhibit in youth festivals and municipalities in Athens and the region, and was a pioneer of the “Hellenic Cultural Movement.”
He had a strong union presence and served as secretary of the Board of Directors in the Chamber of Fine Arts. He exhibited his work again in galleries after many years in 2001, in the gallery “Chrysothemis” Halandri.
He says in his autobiography (1983), Fotis Sarris, Painting Course 1956-1983. “My generation is misunderstood, incomprehensible to the younger generations”. He was a strong man in in difficult times.
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