With Pouring Without End and Spilled in Good Faith, VASKOS revisits the iconography of ‘Greekness’, an idea sustained by the Greek state and tourism industry in attempts to monetise history. Within the vividly coloured visual realm of the textile panels, the duo take up the symbol of the jug or amphora, which has long been a shorthand symbol for Hellenic identity in the historicisation of Greek civilisation and mythology. Here, depictions of the artists themselves are interwoven with motifs from classical antiquity and other ornamental icons.
VASKOS is a collaborative artist duo consisting of Vassilis Noulas and Kostas Tzimoulis formed in 2014. Vassilis Noulas was born in 1975 in New York. Kostas Tzimoulis was born in 1974 in Thessaloniki. They currently live and work in Athens.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
VASKOS is a multidisciplinary artist duo formed by Vassilis Noulas (b. 1975, New York) and Kostas Tzimoulis (b. 1974, Thessaloniki) in 2014. The duo, based in Athens, explore themes of artistic, sexual and national identity in a hybrid and playful manner, through performance, photography, drawing, installation, publications and curatorial projects. Their work has been presented in solo exhibitions such as Ivory Towers at Asklipiou 99, Athens (2017) and VASKOS at Bangladesh art space, Athens (2016), as well as in group exhibitions such as the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art (2025); space of togetherness, NEON, Athens (2024); Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens (2022, 2019).
EXHIBITED WORKS
VASKOS (Vassilis Noulas & Kostas Tzimoulis) (f. 2014)
Spilled in Good Faith, 2024
Print and acrylic paint on unstretched canvas, textile
230 × 230 cm
Courtesy of the artists
VASKOS (Vassilis Noulas & Kostas Tzimoulis) (f. 2014)
Pouring Without End, 2024
Print and acrylic paint on unstretched canvas, textile
230 × 230 cm
Courtesy of the artists
