Visual Arts
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Still Life With Lace
Greek painter Chrisanthos Sotiropoulos, after a period of relative distance from the Athenian art scene, has made a powerful return with a series of paintings that vividly reflect his distinct style and deep-rooted humanistic philosophy.
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Selfie In Kitchen Dorm
In March 2024, Greek painter Michail Parlamas participated in the group exhibition This is Not My Beautiful House, curated by Nina Kotamanidou. The following text accompanied the painting.
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Florina Sculpture Symposium
A journey to the Florina Marble Sculpture Symposium with the participation of four renowned Greek sculptors Vasilis Vasili, Panayiotis Lamprou, Dimitris Skalkotos, and Odysseas Tosounidis.
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Günter Ludwig: An alternative Ultima Cena
In 2016 German artist Gunter Ludwig drew a large-scale 220 x 110 cm painting under the title “Ultima Cena,” which provides an alternative depiction of the most popular subject in Christian art.
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Michail Parlamas: Reconnecting with my inner child
Michail Parlamas takes us back to his early period in the School of Fine Arts in Thessaloniki till today. He reveals how his experiences reconnected him with his inner child and set the bases for his latest work, "Selfish".
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Vasilis Vasili: His first sculpture symposium for 2023
I called Greek sculptor Vasilis Vasili during a break from his sculpting in the famous Ambaji marble quarry in India, located in Gujarat state. It was January 2023.
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The Calmness of Metal
Greek metal sculptor Stelios Panagiotopoulos talks about his early days as a sculptor, reveals his love for metal and the sources of his inspiration.
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Letters From Kharkiv
“It probably would have been an overstatement to proclaim that the artist Dmitry that worked and created before the beginning of this war, no longer exists. But that’s the way it feels. With all that tragedy happening in my Ukraina, the artist should have stepped up and created something so heartbreaking and vocal. But I didn’t. My mind and my soul fly all the time back to my Kharkiv.”
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Burial Marks
In 2018 Greek-Canadian sculptor Vasilis Vasili began working on a series of sculptures called “Burial Marks” to underline how art can condemn the stone as material by connecting it to the human soul.
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Welding: A Dive Into the Unconscious.
The interview took place in 2022. I learned about the work of Jael Hoffmann through my friend German artist Günter Ludwig and their cooperation, which resulted in the publication of a booklet titled “JAEL arabesque dans le desert.” The interview is a fascinating journey to Los Angeles and the California Deserts where she lives and creates her sculptures.