What is Constantin Xenakis?
[[File:Constantin Xenakis (1995).png|thumb| Constantin Xenakis in 1995]] '''Constantin Xenakis''' ({{lang-el|Κωνσταντίνος Ξενάκης}}; 28 December 1931 &ndash; 6 June 2020) was an Egyptian-born Greek-French painter and sculptor. His works were written script, in particular the [[Hebrew alphabet]],<ref>Adrian M. Darmon, ''Autour de l'art juif: encyclopédie des peintres, photographes et sculpteurs'', Carnot, 2003, p. 299. {{ISBN|2-84855-011-2}}</ref> symbols and codes of everyday life such as traffic signs, chemical symbols, Egyptian hieroglyphics and letters from the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]], [[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]] and [[Arabic alphabet]]s. He was born in [[Cairo]]. He spent his career in [[Paris]]. His work is held in the [[National Gallery (Athens)|National Gallery of Greece]]<ref>[http://www.nationalgallery.gr/html/en/sylloges/20os/texni_texnol_c.htm nationalgallery.gr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406201010/http://www.nationalgallery.gr/html/en/sylloges/20os/texni_texnol_c.htm |date=2010-04-06 }}</ref> and the [[Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art]].<ref>[http://www.mmca.org.gr/mmst/en/collection.htm?m=1&l=24;777 mmca.org.gr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721083035/http://www.mmca.org.gr/mmst/en/collection.htm?m=1&l=24%3B777 |date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> He was made a [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters]] in 1986. Xenakis died on 6 June 2020 at his home in Paris, aged 88.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greek Painter Constantin Xenakis Dies at the Age of 89 |url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_events_culture_arts/arthro/greek_painter_constantin_xenakis_dies_at_the_age_of_89-403360/ |access-date=2020-06-06 |archive-date=2020-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606134917/https://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_events_culture_arts/arthro/greek_painter_constantin_xenakis_dies_at_the_age_of_89-403360/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Xenakis, Constantin}} [[Category:1931