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Pop still life for two Painting

Nikolaos Smyrnios

Greece

Painting, Oil on Aluminium

Size: 40.6 W x 30.9 H x 0.1 D in

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This painting makes evident the influence I got from the early pop art of Britain (being European myself), which focused on the dynamic imagery of American popular culture, viewed from afar. Its powerful, manipulative symbolic devices were portraying patterns of life such as (the society's) prosperity. The painting became significant by the choice of a universal and recognizable image -the face of Marilyn Monroe- and its depiction as a mass product, but in a context of fine art. In other words, this work doesn't just focus on a popular image, but rather indicates how this image may be perceived by people in our time: as a well-recognizable mass product. For its implementation, there was used the visual language of optical art according to which, "the combination of the moving and the static eye that lies at the heart of the painting has the power to fascinate and compel human attention". It is remarkable how representational painting and optical art can coexist harmoniously in a rather abstract space, all within the framework of the freedom that pop art can ensure.

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Oil on Aluminium

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40.6 W x 30.9 H x 0.1 D in

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NIKOLAOS (NIKOS) SMYRNIOS was born in Edessa, Greece, to parents of Asia Minor descent. In his early 20s he immigrated to Stockholm, Sweden, where he studied in the Institute of Graphic Arts and the National College of Art & Design, a school which is considered as the heart of Scandinavian Design. Working in relevant professional and academic environments in both Sweden and Greece, he gained valuable experience and exceptional skills which have been reflected in his long lasting creative activity. The collection presented in the Saatchi online constitutes a small portion of Smyrnios' work and represents only few of the media he explored (painting, video, animation, graphic art) and the ideas he expressed through varied styles. Being actively engaged in the education of applied arts, as well as in graphic design, Smyrnios has managed to establish his artistic identity as a “child of his time”, interacting continuously with the modern spirit and New Media, adapting and discarding the elements of the Zeitgeist. ******************************************* STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST Aiming to invention and innovation, but remaining at the same time connected to the modernist tradition,  I base my art in the belief that painting should be a synthesis of visual forces, generated by distinct realities and their juxtaposition. Thereby, a broad experimentation in both subject and technique is of great importance, as well is to keep in touch with inner self. I have been influenced by Surrealism, Pop Art and Op Art, but mainly by the theories of Stylistic Pluralism that suggests the liberation of artists from being bound to one particular artistic identity, manifested in oneparticular style. Stylistic pluralism treats different artistic perspectives as constituents of the global art collective, each integrated into the global culture and feeding off each other’s strengths.         My long-term professional involvement as a graphic designer and illustrator as well as my early acquaintance with digital media, allow me to use a variety of techniques in order to create versatile and unique works that challenge viewers to engage in new and different visual logics. 

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