George Agrotis_George Gerontidis

PURE STOCK

May 21 – June 19, 2026

Opening Thursday, May 21, 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM

The Lola Nikolaou Gallery presents the exhibition Pure Stock: Handling & Temporary Display. This is a continuously reconfigured installation by George Gerontidis and George Agrotis, which treats the exhibition space not as a static venue for presentation, but as a dynamic management system.

Pure Stock is a temporary art management service, providing specialized handlers throughout the duration of the exhibition. Visitors can suggest works and combinations, which are placed at predetermined points in the space. Each composition remains on display for a limited time and is then removed, returning the works to storage.

The works are not initially placed on the walls or on pedestals. They remain on the floor, around the perimeter, in a latent state of storage. They appear to have just been brought into the space and are in a state of waiting.

During the opening, Pure Stock is activated through a live performance, allowing the audience to actively participate.

The process shifts the emphasis from the artworks themselves to the way they are presented. The objects are not presented as finished forms, but as elements in a state of constant transition. Pure Stock proposes a condition where no form of presentation is permanent, allowing the work to exist simultaneously as an object, a remnant, and a possibility.

The exhibition operates between the audience’s choice and a predetermined organizational system. The compositions are ephemeral and constantly shifting, precluding a definitive form. The exhibition space functions as a testing ground, where the classification and viewing of the works remain open and unstable.

PURE STOCK Handling & Temporary Display

PURE STOCK is the most recognized temporary art management service within the exhibition space. Its specialized staff is present on-site during the exhibition opening and handles the handling, short-term installation, and removal of the visual material of your choice.

Instructions

All items are kept in an uncategorized state and remain available for activation upon request. Visitors can point out items and combinations, but without coming into direct contact with them. Installation and removal are carried out exclusively by authorized PURE STOCK personnel.

Each placement is made at predetermined locations within the space. After installation, a limited viewing window is activated, during which basic information about the work (title, materials, year of production) is provided. Once the viewing period ends, the objects are returned to inventory.