Tag Archives: Phylax

It was not the gale winds raging overnight that brought down the controversial statue of Phylax in Palaio Faliro, south suburb of Athens. It was a group of fanatics wearing hoods who arrived in the middle of the night to get rid of the statue that has been claimed to …

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With holy water and prayers religious fanatics exorcised the art, the statue of provocative red Phylax, looming in Palaio Faliro suburb of south Athens. Holding flags from the times of Byzantium, showing the glory of Greek Orthodoxy, icons of saints and singing hymns, the priest and members of the parish …

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A guardian angel or the fallen angel? Or just an artist expression without secret metaphysical meaning and hidden metaphorical messages? The sculpture PHYLAX installed in Palaio Faliro divides the Greek society and stirs the “Greeks’ moral principles” as usual. Opponents see in the provocative red naked man with wings, the Heosphoros, …

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