Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Stones, politics




Nikos Arvanitis - Stones, politics

gallery  a.antonopoulou art                           duration10/01 -12/02/2011   



"The recent work of Nikos Arvanitis, currently on display, comprises multi-edged natural landscapes, three-dimensional rocky mountains, flat volumes, and small “stone” sculptures. Through his work, Arvanitis suggests a contemporary visual allegory for the character of politics as formed in the societies of our era. It is an era marked by the decline of the 20th century political narratives, the disillusionment of grand social visions, and the dismantle of the related ideological and imaginary structures..."
  


"...In his approach, Arvanitis utilizes various aesthetic practices, techniques, and media so as to materialize the gray zones wherein the virtual and the real, the rational and the irrational, the partial and the whole co-exist. In this manner, he interprets the post-political situation he is concerned with. His method is of all-embracing as well as meticulous observation. He intends to transform a visual approach to a viewpoint of social criticism. Arvanitis's take on the negative prefix “non” of the non-place does not amount to a denial but rather to an affirmation driving to “the production of the new” "




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