Dimitris Yeros (1948) (Eλληνικά - Δημήτρης Γέρος) is a Greek artist-photographer.
Dimitris Yeros is one of the most influential Greek artists of his generation[1] and one of the first Greek artists to present Performances, Body Art, Video Art and Mail Art.
Many of his graphics have been published by leading art editors. He illustrated books and magazines.
In 1987, UNICEF chose his work The Dangers of Curiosity to print on cards for international circulation.
The following books with his works have been published: the collection The Sparkling Bathtub (Kastaniotis Ed., 1976);
the photoseries Photopoem (Phyllo, 1977); the art book Yeros with text by Yannis Patilis (Phorkys, 1984); Dimitris Yeros, a book-catalogue of painting works (The Bochum Museum, 1986); D. Yeros, a book of painting works with an essay by Professor Chr. Christou (Prefecture of Viotia, 1998); Theory of the Nude, a book of photographs with an introduction by P.Weiermair (Planodion, 1998); Periorasis, a book of photographs with a foreword by Michel Deon and an introduction by P. Devin (Phyllo, 1999); For a Definition of the Nude, a book of photographs with an introduction by P. Weiermair (Phyllo, 2000); D. Yeros; a book of painting works Eyemazing - The New Collectible Art Photography with an essay by John Wood (Ermoupolia 2001); D. Yeros on C.P. Cavafy's poems, Kelsey Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan. With an assay by Lauren E. Talalay (2002); D. YEROS, Calendar (Harta Publications, Greece, 2007); Wavelength: D. Yeros and S. Karavouzis with an assay by Athens Schina (Kydoniefs Foundation, Greece, 2008); Dimitris Yeros, Calendar (Harta publications. Greece, 2008); Shades of Love with foreword by Edward Albee and introduction by John Wood (Insight Editions, 2010); Dimitris Yeros, Photographing Gabriel Garcia Marquez, with foreword by Edward Lucie Smith and afterword by Dimitris Yeros, (Kerber Verlag, Germany 2015); Another Narcissus, with a poem by Edward Albee and introduction by John Wood (Phyllo Editions, Greece 2016).
In 2010, Insight Editions-California published the book Shades of Love with photographs, inspired by the poems of Constantine P. Cavafy with a foreword by Edward Albee and introduction by John Wood. The book is honored by American Library Association and featured on their Top Ten list as one of the best books of the year.
Documentaries
In 2019 he made the documentary Ovil and Usman, lasting 47 minutes. It has been screened at various festivals.
In 2021 he made the documentary A Lesbos Diary, lasting 25 minutes.
In 2021 ERT 2 TV, the National Greek Chanel, made a 30-minute documentary about his life and his work.
Works in collections
Numerous works by Dimitris Yeros are to be found in many private collections, national galleries and museums worldwide: Tate Britain, International Center of Photography-New York, National Portrait Gallery-London, The British Museum (London), Museum Bochum (Germany), Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal (Canada), Museo de Arte Moderno Barranquilla, National Gallery-Athens, Greece, The Cohen Family Collection - New York, Maison Europeenne de La Photographie, Tama Art Museum- Tokyo-Japan, Museum of International Contemporary Graphic Art - Norway, Musee d' Art Contemporain of Chamalieres, New Hampshire Institut of Art- Boston, The Leslie Lohmann Museum - New York,Harry Ransom Center –Austin Texas, Fondazione Benetton-Italy,Benaki Museum Athens-Greece, and elsewhere.
Derek Turner , New lights on the magical realist, quarterly review, 2016
Dominique Nahas , Happenstance and Reverie in the Works Dimitris Yeros, 2020
Edmund White, The Big Solitary Man, May 2011
Michel Déon: Artist Dimitris Yeros
NEON magazine: Dimitris Yeros, Shades of Love…in the Time of Cholera, June 2016
Πλάτων Ριβέλης: Η αλήθεια τού φωτογραφικού γυμνού (D. Yeros, Θεωρία Γυμνού, Πλανόδιον) Ta Nea 1999
Vicki Goldberg: The Persistence of History, The Insistence of Time. Assay for the catalogue of the exhibition A Lesbos Diary, Throckmorton gallery. New York
Quentin Crisp: on the book Theory of The Nude . New York 2000
Yannis Kontos: THE DARK WAFT OF AIR AND THE FREEDOM OF THE SKY IN THE PAINTINGS OF DIMITRIS YEROS, 2015
DIMITRIS YEROS, Sense and Sensibility, by Lauren E. Talalay
Acting Director and Associate Curator, Kelsey Museum University of Michigan.
Peter Weiermair: About man and animal, On the new works of Dimitris Yeros
Quentin Crisp, on the book Theory of The Nude
One of us, by Richard Howard, May 2011
Dimitris Yeros-Gao Yuan: Colors of Passion.The New York Photo Review, By R. Wayne Parsons, July 4-17, 2012
The Exuberant Flowering of Dimitris Yeros, by John Wood
Paul LaRosa: Chiseled Tableaus: The Nudes of Dimitris Yeros
Dimitris Yeros – PERIORASIS, by Pierre Devin. Fιvrier 1999
Awards
The book 'Shades of Love' is honored by American Library Association and featured on their Top Ten list as one of the best books of the year.
