Category: Artist Statements

Ancient Suppliant - Contemporary refugee My inspiration is influenced from the contemporary conjuncture, where human existence is crushed into the post modern condition. The figures I paint have rather symbolic than representational character. I want to make visible not only the uniqueness of each person or group of people depicted, but also the spiritual, mental…
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«ΚΥΡΙΑΚΑΤΙΚΟ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΙ» Το κίνητρο για να φτιάξω ένα έργο εμπεριέχει πάντοτε δύο στοιχεία. Το ένα είναι το μήνυμα που θέλω να επικοινωνήσω και το δεύτερο ο τρόπος με τον οποίο θα το φτιάξω να αποτελεί μια αισθητική πρόταση, αναζήτηση. Νομίζω ότι στη ζωγραφική συμβαίνουν τα ίδια πράγματα όπως και στη ζωή. Όταν η λογική και…
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Read in englishΔιαβάστε στα ελληνικάRead in english Memory Triggers Within a hail of information about what is going on the contemporary art stage, what really troubles me, as a creator of pictures, is whether my works are a means to an aesthetic, mental and moral purification, rather than a novelty in the material I decide…
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“ANGELS”  /  “When the Saints go marching” - NATASHA METAXA My inspiration to create the series of ‘angels’ derives from my desire to communicate the idea that all of us are carriers of universal messages. These work under concerns the angelic side of the human nature. It portrays ordinary people, men, women, children, aged women…
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