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The portrait is that of Leon Trotsky. The idea in this series of portraits is to offer the viewer the "sense" of the model rather than to achieve similarity. This is possible with the use of an - artistic- "accident" that destroys the optical sense of a common portrait that seeks similarity with the model and that, instead, offers an haptic sense. A sense that addresses the human senses and neurons and that by no means could be thought of as cerebral. In this series the accident lies into tha fact that the portrait, all the portraits, are based not on one photograph only but two (three in some cases). This technique twists the norms of a classical portrait (destroys analogies, creates a strange impression of the portrait structure) and also destroys the idea of light coming from an external source: the light becomes part of the portrait. This series has been worked with acrylic paints as the acrlylics drie out fast, so it needs fast strokes and well established idea of what the painter wants to paint. It preserves -and praise- the idea of "catching time" and/or fast creation denoting that time flies quickly, however the monochrome and steady-hued background denotes the eternity. Slowly the portraits will become more abstract as the accidents will affect the final result more decisevely and the means will switch to oil paints on canvas.
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Print:
Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:
9 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:
14.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in
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White
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Yes
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I am a self-taught artist, based in Thessaloniki and active for the last +50 years. Having started with figurative art, I have been through various styles over the years, Impressionism, Surrealism, Byzantine Iconography, Suprematism, Constructivism. Following a steady course towards abstraction. Lately, and after a geometric period, I am experimenting in an even more abstract style that involves liquid acrylic pigment poured over a surface - preferably package paper- and free intermixing of the colours with flow lines formation, often exceeding the painting surface bounds. Mainly inspired by Phenomenology and the ideas of how consciousness functions, my current work can be characterized free and abstract with no use of brushes or other painting tools. The flow of the liquid colours denote the continuous flow of the outer stimuli of the human consciousness, represents the creation of the cerebral time and tries to access pre-consciousness human stages. The images substitute the language and help experience a mystical way to approaching answers to questions dilemmatic, tricky, or bearing no answers at all! My influences include Kazimir Malevich and Lyubov Popova, Byzantine icons, Giorgio Morandi, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, the brothers Limbourg, the architects Georgii Krutikov, Mies van der Rohe, Aldo Rossi, Lazar Khidekel, Iakov Chernikov and also, the Japanese culture and its insights like Wabi-Sabi or Suiseki and ceremonial practices like Chanoyu. Finally a big influence is Jazz music, and the atonal music of Iannis Xenakis.
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