SCULPTURES
Within an obsessive cultural context of hypertexts, e-learning and digitization, Christina Mitrentse creates an array of meditations on materiality, by re-appropriating books from her ATML project - A montage of radical philosophy, popular novels, science and art books have been defaced, handcrafted , hand sanded, twisted, cut and stuck together as ‘building blocks’, meticulously transformed into organic and yet architectural constructions of small scale ‘Pedestals’, ‘Plinths’, Coloumns, 'Akrokerama' and ‘Mushrooms’. Their sculptural formulation raises questions regarding hierarchies of institutions and provoking viewers to explore relationships between the social purpose and the cultural significance of ‘the Book’ as a foreboding container for the distribution of knowledge. What does materiality mean in a digital era?
''Poet’s Notebook – Between Marble & Marbling'', 2026. Handcrafted notebook, marble, found wooden branch, marbled paper, and clay. 30 × 15 × 6 cm.
POETS NOTEBOOK – Between Marble & Marbling, (detail ) 2026 Handcrafted notebook, marble, wooden branch, marbled paper, clay 30 × 15 × 6 cm
THE MARBLING PENCIL, ( queens of the circulating library ) 2026 found wood branch, graphite, gold leaf, marbling paper, silver ink, 180 high x 45 x 35 cm
THE MARBLING PENCIL, ( after queens of the circulating library ) 2026 found wood branch, graphite, gold leaf, marbling paper, silver ink, 180 high x 45 x 35 cm
NEOCLASSICAL PLINTH I 2018 Handcrafted & sanded vintage poetry books, gilding, wood. 70 × 31 × 23 cm
ANESTIOS - Down and Out in Paris & London (after George Orwell) 2021 Burned book publications by George Orwell, wood, paper back, 28 × 29 × 20 cm.
Pillar III 2026 distorted & hand folded books, wood, gold leaf, varnish, 110 x 30 cm diameter
PILLAR I 2018 Distorted & hand-folded geography books and world atlases. 220 cm (heigh) × 50 cm (diameter).
AKROKERAMO I 2021 Handcrafted altered embroidery patterns from collectible publications, book covers, card, and wood; signed on the underside. 30 cm (height) × 25 × 25 cm.
AKROKERAMO II 2021 Handcrafted altered embroidery patterns from collectible publications, book covers, card, wood, and fabric; signed on the underside. 30 cm high × 25 × 25 cm.
FUNGI FIELD (Installation View) 2025 Hellenic American Union Gallery, Athens. Mixed-media Dimensions variable.
TOTEM I – The Great Documents (Rosy Russula) 2021 Handcrafted book sculpture composed of ten volumes from the Greek series The Great Documents. dimensions: 86 cm (height) x 35 cm diameter
TOTEM I – The Great Documents (Rosy Russula), Detail 2021
KING BOLETUS -PINOPHILUS 2025 Hand-cut & sanded books, soft pastel powder, varnish 35 × 35 × 25 cm
MUSHROOM TOTEM - ( THE PLANT OF LIFE) 2024 Hand crafted & sanded books, diamond dust, 100 cm high x 40 cm diameter
THE FUTURE IS FUNGAL ( Orange bonnet versus slipperycap ) 2023 Hand crafted , altered & sanded books , pastel powder 45 cm hight x 35 cm diameter
NEWTON'S APPLE 2026 Handcrafted - cut geometry books from the artist’s family collection, pastel powder, marbled papers, wood, natural leaf, gold leaf 50 cm high × 40 cm diameter.
NEWTON'S APPLE 2026 Handcrafted and altered geometry books from the artist’s family collection, pastel powder, marbled papers, wood, natural leaf, gold leaf 50 cm high × 40 cm diameter.
NEWTON'S APPLE ( with pedestal) 2026 Handcrafted -cut geometry books from the artist’s family collection, pastel powder, marbled papers, wood, natural leaf, gold leaf, cardboard tube, sanding stones 200 cm high × 40 cm diameter.
PINEAPPLE I 2024 Handcrafted & cut books, marbled paper, gold leaf 40 high × 30 cm diameter
EDIBLE & POISONOUS FUNGI ( after John Ramsbottom) 2026 Handcrafted books, paper back , silicone sculpture mould, gold plating , wood, acrylic, 35 × 25 × 30 cm
EDIBLE & POISONOUS FUNGI ( after John Ramsbottom) 2026 Handcrafted books, paper back , silicone sculpture mould, gold plating , wood, acrylic, 35 × 25 × 30 cm