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Intermission Painting

Athena Anastasiou

United States

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 56 W x 42 H x 3 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

I have always been fascinated with how we acquire such different realities of the same world shaped by culture, society, stature, race and gender. My art aspires to shed light on our sense of separation, bridging worlds through compassion and understanding. My intention is to raise consciousness by promoting self-empowerment and connecting communities. In this series, Athena explores the concept of “Identity”. Do societal expectations & inherited belief systems inhibit our self-expression & empowerment?   Athena draws from the eclectic streets of San Francisco, where prostitution, homosexuality, drugs, class divide and racial discrimination are common. Judgement of others is a perpetual reality; we are human and only familiar with “our story” yet it ultimately feeds separation & isolation.   “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” 
― William Shakespeare   The embodiment of Jesus is used in the work to convey, “We are all one and the same”. No matter the sin, background, religion, race or class. Through unconditional love and compassion for self and others, you will discover a unified connection with all.   Athena asks you to consider looking beyond your conceived identity. Everyday you choose your own reality. Choose compassion not conflict. Choose unity not division. Not hatred but love.

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Painting:

Oil on Canvas

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

56 W x 42 H x 3 D in

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For enquiries please get in touch through Unix Gallery, NYC. I am exploring my own personal mythology that speaks about identity and the core concerns of human existence. It's a constellation of my beliefs, feelings and images that construct my own explanation of the world. Some of the questions I ask through the work are, where do we come from, why is our planet and wellbeing so out of balance? Defaulting to fear and frustration rather than love and creation and how it is our responsibility individually to shift that. My research includes painting daily thoughts and stories. These stories are from personal experiences, observations, conversations and videos and books on the quantum field and the power of thought and intention. I am also looking at mythological paintings from the renaissance period and overlaying my reaction to them on top of the image. And continuing my research on western and eastern story telling through mythology and seeing where that leads me. The aesthetic framework that I am using is one of mythology; which portrays a sense of magic, morality, a life lesson and even mystical creatures. I have added a sense of lightheartedness to the work, almost childlike imagery or a larger scale sketch which provokes a freedom from the left brain thinking which is typical of the society we live in who struggle to obtain their connection to nature and intuition. My work ideally encourages one to see a point of view from an open mind, with fresh child like eyes.

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