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COSTAS COULENTIANOS, 1918 - 1995
Costas Coulentianos was born in Athens in 1918. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts from 1936 until 1939. In 1945 he left post-war Greece behind and sailed to Paris aboard the renowned ship 'Mataroa,' joining a group of young Greek intellectuals and artists. With a scholarship from the French government, he briefly attended the Ecole Des Beaux Arts and Zadkine’s studio at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière before establishing his own studio.
In Paris, Coulentianos was determined to break free from the academic sculpting techniques he had learned in Greece and engage with modernist traditions. He quickly became part of the vibrant Parisian art scene, forming friendships with leading sculptors of his time, including the influential Henri Laurens, who was 33 years his senior and had a profound impact on his work. Initially, Coulentianos's sculptures maintained a figurative focus, primarily centered on the female form. However, he departed from conventional forms and anatomical precision early on, infusing his sculptures with sensuality and fluid curved lines, as exemplified in his 1950 piece 'Femme Allongée.'
Coulentianos believed that sculptures should possess genuine motion to interpret space effectively. His sculptures were intended to be solid presences within the space, seamlessly integrating with it. Around 1952, he embarked on a new artistic phase, crafting sculptures from metal sheets. This marked the beginning of his exploration of figuration and abstraction, as seen in his series of acrobatic sculptures, symbolizing the challenges faced by artists. These works blended the figurative and the abstract, aiming to create sculptures that exuded "a powerful, simple immediacy" and were completely exposed in their raw beauty. Coulentianos subsequently developed a unique technique, known as "fer brassé" in French, where he directly welded bronze, copper, lead, or tin onto iron, creating a distinctive texture. In the early 1960s he created a series of sculptures, reliefs and some furniture using this innovative method.
As time passed, Coulentianos shifted towards more geometric forms, embracing bolted sculptures, woodcarvings, concrete reliefs, and even ventured into woven textiles and silkscreens. His artistic evolution was a testament to his commitment to abstraction and geometrical structures.
Throughout his career, Coulentianos held numerous solo exhibitions across Europe, contributed over 50 works to public spaces, and participated in nearly 100 group exhibitions. He passed away in Arles, France, in 1995.
In 2012-2013, a retrospective exhibition titled "The last of the modern acrobats" showcased Costas Coulentianos's remarkable body of work at the Benaki Museum in Athens and the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki.
Reflecting on his own artistic philosophy, Coulentianos emphasized his primary concerns of matter, light, and space. He grappled with the challenges of working with increasingly rigid and weighty materials like iron while simultaneously seeking to imbue them with a sense of motion. Central to his artistic quest was the interplay between his forms and the surrounding space, where he aimed to create openings that allowed light to penetrate and for the space itself to merge with the artwork. His oeuvre remains a testament to his unwavering commitment to exploring the dynamic relationship between matter, light, and space in the realm of sculpture.
Ο Κώστας Κουλεντιανός γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1918. Σπούδασε στην Ανωτάτη Σχολή Καλών Τεχνών της Αθήνας από το 1936 έως το 1939. Το 1945 έφυγε από τη μεταπολεμική Ελλάδα και ταξίδεψε στο Παρίσι με το φημισμένο πλοίο «Mataroa», μαζί με μια ομάδα νέων Ελλήνων διανοουμένων και καλλιτεχνών. Με υποτροφία από τη γαλλική κυβέρνηση, παρακολούθησε την Ecole Des Beaux Arts και το στούντιο του Zadkine στην Académie de la Grande Chaumière πριν ιδρύσει το δικό του στούντιο.
Στο Παρίσι, ο Κουλεντιανός ήταν αποφασισμένος να απελευθερωθεί από τις ακαδημαϊκές τεχνικές γλυπτικής που είχε μάθει στην Ελλάδα και να ασχοληθεί με πιο μοντέρνες τεχνικές. ‘Έγινε μέρος της παριζινής καλλιτεχνικής σκηνής, δημιουργώντας φιλίες με κορυφαίους γλύπτες της εποχής του, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του Henri Laurens, ο οποίος ήταν 33 χρόνια μεγαλύτερός του και επηρέασε βαθύτατα τη δουλειά του. Αρχικά, τα γλυπτά του Κουλεντιανού διατήρησαν μια εικαστική εστίαση, με επίκεντρο κυρίως τη γυναικεία μορφή. Ωστόσο, εγκατέλειψε νωρίς τις συμβατικές φόρμες και την ανατομική ακρίβεια, δημιουργώντας γλυπτά με συναίσθημα και ρευστές καμπύλες γραμμές, όπως παρατηρείται στο έργο του Femme Allongée, 1950.
Ο Κουλεντιανός πίστευε ότι τα γλυπτά πρέπει να διαθέτουν μια φυσική κίνηση για να παρεμβαίνουν αποτελεσματικά στο χώρο. Τα γλυπτά του προορίζονταν να είναι σταθερές παρουσίες μέσα στο χώρο, ενσωματώνοντας με αυτόν. Γύρω στο 1952, ξεκίνησε μια νέα καλλιτεχνική περίοδο, δημιουργώντας γλυπτά από μέταλλα. Αυτό σηματοδότησε την αρχή της εξερεύνησής του για τη μορφοποίηση και την αφαίρεση, όπως φαίνεται στη σειρά ακροβατικών γλυπτών του, που συμβολίζουν τις προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζουν οι καλλιτέχνες. Τα έργα αυτά συνδύαζαν το παραστατικό και το αφηρημένο, με στόχο να δημιουργήσουν γλυπτά που αποπνέουν «μια δυνατή, απλή αμεσότητα» και εκτίθονται με μια ακατέργαστη ομορφιά. Στη συνέχεια ο Κουλεντιανός δημιούργησε μια μοναδική τεχνική, γνωστή ως «fer brassé» στα γαλλικά, όπου συγκολλούσε απευθείας μπρούτζο, χαλκό, μόλυβδο ή κασσίτερο σε σίδηρο, δημιουργώντας μια ξεχωριστή υφή. Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1960 δημιούργησε μια σειρά από γλυπτά, ανάγλυφα και μερικά έπιπλα χρησιμοποιώντας αυτή την πρωτοποριακή μέθοδο.
Ο Κουλεντιανός με το καιρό, στράφηκε προς πιο γεωμετρικές φόρμες, με ξυλόγλυπτα, και τσιμεντένια ανάγλυφα, ακόμα τόλμησε να επεξεργαστεί υφαντά υφάσματα και μεταξοτυπίες. Η καλλιτεχνική του εξέλιξη ήταν απόδειξη της δέσμευσής του στην αφαίρεση και τις γεωμετρικές δομές. Κατά τη διάρκεια της καριέρας του, πραγματοποίησε αρκετές ατομικές εκθέσεις σε όλη την Ευρώπη, κατασκεύασε πάνω από 50 έργα σε δημόσιους χώρους και συμμετείχε σε σχεδόν 100 ομαδικές εκθέσεις. Πέθανε στην Αρλ της Γαλλίας το 1995. Το 2012-2013, η αναδρομική έκθεση με τίτλο «Ο τελευταίος από τους σύγχρονους ακροβάτες» παρουσίασε ένα μεγάλο κομμάτι της δουλειάς του Κώστα Κουλεντιανού στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη στην Αθήνα και στο Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης στη Θεσσαλονίκη.
Σχετικά με τη καλλιτεχνική φιλοσοφία του, ο Κουλεντιανός τόνισε τις πρωταρχικές του ανησυχίες για την ύλη, το φως και τον χώρο. Αντιμετώπισε τις προκλήσεις της εργασίας με υλικά όπως ο σίδηρος, ενώ ταυτόχρονα προσπαθούσε να αποδώσει με μια αίσθηση κίνησης. Κεντρική θέση στην καλλιτεχνική του αναζήτηση ήταν η αλληλεπίδραση μεταξύ των μορφών και του περιβάλλοντος, όπου στόχευε να δημιουργήσει έργα που επέτρεπαν στο φως να εισχωρήσει στον χώρο και να συγχωνευθούν. Το έργο του παραμένει μια απόδειξη της ανάγκης του να εξερευνήσει τη δυναμική σχέση μεταξύ ύλης, φωτός και χώρου σε σχέση με τη γλυπτική.
Costas Coulentianos (1918-1995)
education
1936-1939 Athens School of Fine Arts
1946 Paris School of Fine Arts
Ossip Zadkine’s workshop the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
solo exhibitions (selection)
1955 Payne Gallery, Athens
1956 Obelisk Gallery, London
1962 Galerie de France, Paris Exhibition in Athens Salon de mai, Tokyo
1963 Atelier Sopho, Lyon
1964 Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York
Venice Biennial
1965 Merlin Gallery, Athens
1971 Galerie Historial, Nyon, Switzerland (tapestries and sculptures)
1972 The Châlon-sur-Saône Cultural Center (tapestries and sculptures) Galerie de la Demeure, Paris (tapestries and sculptures)
1973 Nicole Fourrier Gallery, Lyon
1974 Gallery “Techni”, Athens
1975 Noella Gest Gallery, Saint- Rémy-de-Provence
1977 The Amiens Cultural Center (tapestries and sculptures) 1980 Interbureau, Lyon
1982 Venice Biennial
1983 The French Institute, Salonika The French Institute, Athens
1984 Medusa Gallery, Athens Epsilon Gallery, Brussels
1986 Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
1989 Galerie de la Gare, Bonnieux, Vaucluse
The Van Gogh Art Center, The Estrine Hotel, Saint-Remy-de-Provence
1991 Saint Albon Golf Course, Drôme (monumental sculptures)
Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
1992 Salonika City Hall, Geni Tzami Cultural Center
Modern Art Museum, Santiago, Chili (prints)
Presentation at the symposium on sculpture, Santiago, Chili
1997 Retrospective exhibition, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France
2000 Exhibition of monumental sculptures, Musée Hébert, Grenoble, France
2002 Retrospective exhibition, Musée de Chinteuil, Pont de Vaux, France
2008 Medusa Gallery, Athens
Florina Museum of Modern Art, Greece
2012-2013 Retrospective exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens
2013 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2018 P gallery | sculpture, Athens
Group exhibitions (selection)
Costas Coulentianos participated in close to 100 group exhibitions throughout the world. Notably in: Brazil, Belgium, England, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
1946 Salon d’automne, Paris
1947 Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
Salon de mai, Paris
1948 Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
Salon de mai, Paris
1949 Salon de mai, Paris
1950 Salon de mai, Paris,
Salon de mai, Anvers, Belgium
Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
1951 Salon de mai, Paris
1952 Salon de mai, Paris
Galanis-Heutschel Gallery, Paris Casablanca, Morocco
1953 “Seven Greek Sculptors in Paris”, Petit Palais, Paris
Anvers Biennial, Belgium
Salon de mai, Paris
1954 3rd International Biennial on Colour Lithography, Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Salon de mai, Paris
1955 Salon de mai, Paris
3rd San Paolo Biennial, Brazil
Groupe Espace, Paris
Sculptors of the Salon de mai, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö, Sweden
1956 4th International Biennial on Colour Lithography, Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Salon de mai, Paris
International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Rodin Museum,Paris
Obelisk Gallery, London
1957 Salon de mai, Paris
Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
Galerie de France, Paris
Obelisk Gallery, London
1958 Salon de mai, Paris
Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris
Exhibition of a Parisian art lover’s collection, Aix-en-Provence, France
French Institute, Athens, Greece
"12 Greek Artists”, Redfern Gallery, London
1960 “Le relief”, XXe Siècle Gallery, Paris
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York
1961 “Eight Greek Artists”, Galerie Saint-Germain, Paris
Dupuis Gallery, Paris
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York
“The 1961 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture”, USA
Salon de mai, Paris
1962 “Greek Painters and Sculptors”, The Modern Art Museum of Paris
“The Object”, The Decorative Arts Museum, Paris
Sculpture exhibition, The Havre Museum, France
Salon de mai, Japan
“Le petit bronze” (The Small Bronzes), The Modern Art Museum of Paris
Le Relief”, XXe Siècle Gallery, Paris
“A Half-Century of Sculpture”, Cercle Gallery, Paris
Salon “Réalités Nouvelles”, Paris
1963 “Rural Sculptures”, international exhibition in the garden of the American Artists Centre, Paris
“Expression of Bayonne”, Bayonne, France
Salon de mai, Paris
1964 “Seven Greek Sculptors”, Saint-Germain Gallery, Paris
Venice Biennial
1965 “Constructivist Sculpture”, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York
1966 The Pan-Hellenic Exhibition, Athens, Greece
Salon de mai, Paris
“Group”, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York
“The Hand”, Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris
Salon de mai, Paris
“Hilton” Gallery, Athens
1967 Salon de mai, Paris
Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
“The Portrait”, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
1968 Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
Palais des Sports, Lyon, France
1969 Maison des jeunes, Le Creusot, France
Ecole des Beaux-Arts d’Aubusson (tapestry)
Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
The American Centre, Boulevard Raspail, Paris
The Avignon Festival, Foundation Port-Barcarès
1970 End Gallery, Amsterdam
Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York
“Aspects of Contemporary Sculpture”, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
Salon de la jeune sculpture, Paris
“Sculpture Open to the Sky”, Macon, France
1971 Noella Gest Gallery, Saint-Rémy de Provence, France
“Art Contact”, Paris
1972 Noella Gest Gallery, Saint-Rémy de Provence, France (tapestry)
Exhibition for the city of Cluny, France
1973 Sculpture exhibition for the Maison de la Culture, Saint-Etienne, France
Open-air sculpture exhibition, Vénissieux, France
Travelling group exhibition, Australia and New Zealand
1974-78 Numerous group exhibitions in France and other countries
1980 “Contemporary Presence”, Aix-en-Provence
1986 Medusa Gallery, Athens
1995 May: “Thirty Years of Sculpture with Denis Chevalier”, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris
July: “Artist Friends of Roger Vailland”, Contemporary Arts Centre at Lacoux-Ain, France
2011 “Coulentianos - Prassinos”, Medusa Gallery, Athens
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2020 Art Paris
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2022 P gallery | sculpture
Awards and Distinctions
1984 awarded the distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture
Monumental Works
1963
- Wall in concrete (1.40x6 m), the Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain) swimming pool (Pierre Dosse, architect) cat. no.110
- Wall in concrete (17x5.60 m) cat. no.108 / Bas-relief on metallic plate (9x1m), the Bourg-en-Bresse theater (Georges Cropier, architect) cat. no.116
1964
- Sculpture in brass (7 m high) cat. no.112 / Two bas-relief walls in concrete (16 m2 and 20m2), Technical School, Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône (Gaston Jaubert, architect)
- Bas-relief on metallic plate (5.20x4.20 m), Rolex Headquarters, Geneva, (Georges Addor, architect) cat. no.114
- Work in white concrete, emergency exit of the garage (2.50x2.50x2.50 m), Administrative building of Lafarge Group (Frères Arsène-Henry, architects)
1965
- Two relief concrete walls (2x35 m), Rillieux, Rhône (Pierre Dosse, architect) cat. no.111
1966
- Translucent wall in molded polyester (3.60x20 m) / Sculpture in corten steel (2.75x5.50 m), Charles Perrault School, Bourg-en-Bresse (Pierre Dosse and Georges Cropier, architects) cat. no.113
- Bas-relief wall in concrete (2x26 m), Revermont College, Bourg-en-Bresse, (Pierre Dosse and Georges Cropier, architects) cat. no. 115
1967
- Sculpture in corten steel (3.50x10.50 m), Collège d'Enseignement Secondaire (C.E.S.) 1200, Parentis-en-Born, Landes, (Pierre Génard, architect)
- Sculpture in corten steel (6x7 m), Grenoble cat. no.118
- Four bas-relief panels in concrete (3x2 m), Swimming pool / Parking lot wall
130 m long, Housing Estate “Le Lignon”, Geneva (Georges Addor, architect)
1968
- Sculpture in corten steel (3.50 m high), C.E.S. 1200, Muret, (Pierre Génard, architect)
- Sculpture in stainless steel (6x9 m), Lycée Carriat, Bourg-en-Bresse (Pierre Dosse, architect) cat. no.119
- Sculpture in corten steel (1.80x7 m), Lycée Lalande, Bourg-en-Bresse (Georges Cropier, architect) cat. no.117
1970
- Sculpture in brass (6.50 m high), the Pont-de-Vaux Hospital, Ain, cat. no.121
- Installation of the sculpture “The Athlete” (1963) in Lambrakis Square, Bologne, Italy
- Sculpture in bolted and painted iron (6 m high), Musée des Sables, Barcarés,
Pyrénées-Orientales, cat. no.120
- Bas-relief wall in concrete (2.10x8 m), Vienne, Isére
- 30 concrete panels (2.20x0.65 m), 42 garages, Bourg-en-Bresse
- Tapestry "The birds" (1x3.40 m), “Les Arbelles” School Complex, Bourg-en-
Bresse (Pierre Dosse and Georges Cropier, architects)
- Tapestry “The river” (0.75x5.50 m), Brou preschool, Bourg-en-Bresse (Pierre
Dosse and Georges Cropier, architects)
1971
- “Signal” sculpture in corten steel (7.50 m high), Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris
- Wall in marble (3.50x18 m), University of Marseille, Faculty of Sciences, Saint
Jérôme, Marseille (René Egger και Yannic Boudard, architects) cat. no. 122
- Translucent wall in molded polyester (250m2) used for the infiltration of natural
light in the Salle de sports, Pont-de-Vaux (Georges Cropier, architect)
1973
- Stone sculpture (1.80x1x1 m), Boarding school, C.E.S. 600, Parentis-en-Born, (Pierre Génard, architect)
- Two reliefs in concrete, Ηousing project in Oyonnax, Ain
- Two engraved and painted walls, Saint-Denis-les-Bourg preschool, Ain (Pierre
Dosse, architect)
- Sculpture in corten steel (4.25x1.50x2.50 m), Sénart forest, Île de France
- Prefabricated concrete elements for a façade, Family Assistance Fund, Bourg- en-Bresse (Pierre Dosse, architect)
1974
- Sculpture in corten steel (5x30 m; 4x24 m; 1.90x7 m), Faculty of Letters, Aix-en- Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (René Egger and Robert Levasseur, architects) cat. no.123
- Bas-relief in painted steel (1.40x9 m), C.E.S. Metz, Magny (Roger Zonca and Roger Gaertner architects)
- “Rythmos” in wood (3x30 m), restaurant at the Ain Headquarters of Credit Agricole, Bourg-en-Bresse
1975
- “Rythmos” in iron (2x18x0.50 m), École Normale Nationale d’Apprentissage, Toulouse, Rangueil (Yannic Boudard, architect) cat. no.130
- Sculpture in two elements of painted steel, U.E.R. Sports Center, Toulouse, Rangueil (René Egger and Yannic Boudard, architects)
- Sculpture in polished aluminium (4x6x3 m), Navy Instruction Centre, Querqueville, Cherbourg (Masse, Roy and Henri Auffret, architects) cat. no. 124
- Sculptures in soldered brass plates (2x0.50x0.50 m), Jules Guesde School Complex, Vénissieux, Rhône
- Sculpture in painted steel (1.90x8x0.60 m), entrance of the Family Assistance Fund, Bourg-en-Bresse (Pierre Dosse, architect). This sculpture was moved and installed in 1993 at the Ornithological Park in Villars-les- Dombes, Ain.
1976
- Sculpture in corten steel (3x6x4 m), University Institute of Technology (I.U.T.), Annecy, Haute-Savoie (René Dottelonde, architect)
- Painted steel plates (2x10 m), the Jacques Callot College, Neuves-Maisons, Meurthe-et-Moselle (Roger Zonca and Roger Gaertner, architects)
- Prefabricated concrete elements for a façade, Departmental Office of Public Housing, Bourg-en-Bresse (Pierre Dosse and Georges Cropier, architects) cat. no. 125
1977
- Bas-relief on painted cement plates (52m2), George Sand College, Pont-de- Veyle, Ain (Pierre Dosse, architect)
- Panel of concrete (40m2), Retirement home in Coligny, Ain (Pierre Dosse, architect).
1978
- Three panels in painted wood, (total surface 27m2) Varces barracks, Grenoble - Sculpture in painted iron (5.50x5x2 m), Lyon-Part-Dieu, Lyon. (The sculpture
was created on the occasion of the opening of the Lyon-Part-Dieu Symposium
and was placed in front of the Credit Lyonnais Τower) cat. no.129 1979
- Sculpture in three parts, painted iron (1.80x5x2 m), Gabriel Voisin High School for Professional Training, Bourg-en-Bresse (Jean-Vincent Berlottier, Georges Cropier, Pierre Dosse, Henri-Pierre Maillard architects)
1982
- Wall (400 m2), Police station, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne 1988
- Sculpture in painted iron (3.35x2.40x 1.85 m), Fountain Company, Brussels.
1989
- Monumental sculpture in painted iron (4x3x1.20 m), Alpha Bank Collection, Athens.
1990
- Metallic plates in stainless steel, brass and copper (3x1 m), Axfer Company, Saint-Etienne, Loire
- Sculpture in multi-coloured tubes (4x4x12 m), Fountain Company, Cambrai, Pas-de-Calais
1992
- Bas-relief in bolted and painted wood (3.10x1.53x0.09 m), Alpha Bank Collection, Athens αρ.κατ.193
- Sculpture in painted steel, Santiago, Chile
1993
- Tapestry (1.20x6 m), State Audit Council, Marseille
Publications
Coulentianos. Sculptures, text by R. Vailland, Galerie de France, Paris, 2–24 March 1962 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos - The last of the Modern acrobats, Athens, 2012
1979-2009, 30 xronia Makedoniko Mouseio Sinxronis Technis, Thessaloniki, 2009.
1er salon de création artistique, Bourg-en-Bresse, France, 15-26 November 1978 (exhibition catalogue).
2e Biennale de la Sculpture, Middelheim Park, Antwerp, Belgium 20 June – 30 September 1953 (exhibition catalogue).
4ème salon de création artistique, Bourg-en-Bresse, France, 10-22 November 1982 (exhibition catalogue).
Alexander and Dorothy Xydis’ donation, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, the permanent collection, vol. III, Thessaloniki, 2003.
Andrikopoulou N., To taxidi tou Mataroa, 1945. Ston kathrefti tis mnimis, Athens, 2007.
Catalogue de manifestation: Sculpture à la Part-Dieu, Lyon festival, June- September 1978 (exhibition catalogue).
Christou Ch. – Koumvakali-Anastasiadi M., Neoelliniki glyptiki 1800-1940, Athens: Commercial Bank of Greece, 1982.
Costa Coulentianos, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, 7 May – 18 June 1997 (exhibition catalogue).
Costas Coulentianos. Glypta, schedia, lithografies, Payne Gallery, 4-21 January 1955 (exhibition catalogue).
Costas Coulentianos-Matière, lumière, espace, Chintreuil Museum, Pont-de- Vaux, France, 26 May – 20 October 2002 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos – Prassinos. “One friendship. Two worlds. The multiple faces of modernism”, edited by E. Strousa, Medusa Art Gallery, 27 February – 26 March 2011 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos Costas. Tapisseries – Gravures – Sculptures, text by J-F. Chabrun, French Institute, Athens, 19 April – 30 May 1983 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos, Florina Museum of Contemporary Art, 1 November 2008 – 4 January 2009 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos, Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 24 January – 1 March 2008 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos, Obelisk Gallery, 20 November – 11 December 1956 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos, text by G. Kondylis - E. Andreadi, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, 1986 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos, texts by C. Juliet, A. Xydis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, 31 October – 7 December 1991 (exhibition catalogue).
Coulentianos. Glyptiki, tapisserie, schedia, Aithousa Technis, Athens, 11 October – 3 November 1974 (exhibition catalogue).
Dalemont D., Les sculpteurs du métal, 66 portraits d’artistes, Paris, 2006.
Deux sculpteurs grecs à Paris. Philolaos - Coulentianos, text by D. Zachropoulos, Jean Louis Danant gallery and Martel Greiner gallery, Paris, 9 March – 16 April 2011 (exhibition catalogue).
Ekthesi zografikis – glyptikis, “Armos” gallery, December 1958 (exhibition catalogue).
Ellines kallitechnes tou exoterikou, edited by N. Loizidi, Athens: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1983.
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Elytis O., Thanatos ke Anastasis tou Konstantinou Palaiologou, edited by C. Coulentianos, Geneva, 1971.
Escaut. Rives, dérives. International festival of contemporary sculpture, France, 19 May – 18 September 2011 (exhibition catalogue).
Europalia, text by A. Xydis, Hasseldt Cultural Centre, Belgium, 1982 (exhibition catalogue).
Gaitis, Thodoros, Coulentianos, Molfesis, Perdikidis, Pierakos, Sklavos, Christoforou, “Astor” gallery, Athens, February 1966 (exhibition catalogue).
Galerie de la Gare, texts by P. Cabanne - J. Klépal, Bonnieux, Vaucluse, France, 1989 (exhibition catalogue).
Giannoudaki T., National Glyptotheque. Permanent collection, National Gallery Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, 2006.
Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui, Grand Palais, Paris, 1985 (exhibition catalogue).
Grèce: XXXII Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte Venezia de Coulentianos, Nicolaou, Vassiliou, Ventouras, Zongolopoulos, Venice, 20 June – 18 October 1964 (exhibition catalogue).
Hellas: D. Diamantopoulos, C. Coulentianos, Ministry of Culture and Science. Direction of Fine Arts, Biennale Venezia 1982 (exhibition catalogue).
Hommage à la galeriste Noëlla G, Art Center Van Gogh, Saint-Remy-de- Provence, France, 28 March – 4 July 1999 (exhibition catalogue).
Hommage à la galeriste Noëlla G, Museum of Art and History, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 7 Νovembre 1999 au 16 janvier 2000 (exhibition catalogue).
I syllogi tis Alpha Bank. Elliniki techni apo to 1920 eos simera, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 9 November 2006 –
14 January 2007 (exhibition catalogue).
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