Rebecca Ivatts' powerful and energetic paintings – depicting the human body as a thing of great beauty and strength – continue a tradition which started in Greece in the fourth century BC.

What's more, it seems highly appropriate that the vitality of her canvases should be exhibited in Agisilaou Street (next door to Nixon Βar and opposite the Eridanus Hotel) – a long-neglected corner of Keramikos that now buzzes with youthful energy.

Rebecca presents four distinct series of work: her diptychs, which open up a dialogue between the classical and the deconstructed; her textured gold explorations of movement; her large "constructed bodies" in red oil; and lastly the Guantanamo Triptych, whose impact (and fluorescent background) is a statement on the controversial US detention centre in Cuba.

In parallel with the exhibition, we are organising a round table discussion on depictions of the human figure in art to be held at 61A, Agisilaou Street, Athens on Tuesday 15 April at 7.30 p.m.

Αrtists taking part in the discussion include: Rebecca Ivatts, Christina Mamakos, Paulina Cassimatis and Cathy Cunliffe.