Reborn Painting

The world of social media and constant ads, push us to rush through everything. Through her art, Chara Kontopoulou invites people to slow down and truly observe in a more meaningful way. As we are inherently drawn to anything that shines, she uses resin for its shiny and reflective allure. Similarly, she employs color for its emotional resonance and incorporates large organic forms for their meditative qualities. As the viewers come closer to the artwork they realize what they see is not just a shiny surface, but multiple layers of paint, texture, resin and an actual depth which creates a pseudo-three dimensional effect. Due to the nature of the materials you can see different reflections of yourself and the space inside the painting. In the end, the viewers become the main subject of the painting, giving a whole new perspective to the artwork. As their reflection is mirrored back, they create their own distracted poetic image, which is fascinating and seductive, in a very simple and human way. The main purpose of this artwork is offer a pause: how easy is to turn passive vision into an exploring tool of experience?