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Thirteen visual artists present their works and cite works by important colleagues (Greek and foreign), who inspired or influenced their aesthetics and style.
Through the presentation of the artists themselves, the universality of visual art and how this universality - through their work - is constituted and influenced by incorporating elements from their experiential and spiritual tradition and experience. The Athens School of Fine Arts has been an advisor to the series.
Today:
"Giorgos Kazazis"
Episode 12
"Giorgos Kazazis was born in 1958 in Athens, where he lives and works. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Since 1990, he is a member of the Faculty of Education of the Athens School of Fine Arts. He completed his studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1983. His first large-scale paintings have intense dominant shapes, abundant matter and are rich in textures and colours. As early as 1985, the artist introduced in his research the computer, the photomechanical reproductions images and proceeded to the individual analyses of the issue of the painting space. With modern references, avoiding stylisation and mannerism, he successively completed consecutive series of works different from each other.
In the new series of works, he composes his painting space with large spots, usually compact and distinct in their relation to the background of the painting. All interconnections in the paintings are exhaustively processed giving a personal end result to the surface, which at times appears smooth and calm and at other times dense and heavy. Different textures, all of them meticulously processed, create a wealth of emotions, whether they are details or larger ensembles. The works have viewing points up close or from afar and come from an extremely demanding metasemiotic process.
G. Kazazis knows how to use time. He allows himself to wander. He is methodical and works intensively, quietly and systematically. But, most of all, he is playful. He plays with his certainties and ambivalences. He plays with the line of sight, with fluidity and with volatility. He plays with colours, textures, meanings, and he defines locations and territories."
(Excerpts from the text of the artist Ilias Papailiakis with which he introduced his exhibition.)
Also, the documentary makes particular reference to the influence on the artist by painters Arnold Boecklin (1827-1901) and Spyros Papaloukas (1892-1957).
Directors:
Athina Kazolea, Michalis Lykoudis, Vassilis Moissidis, Flora Prisimintzi
Production Manager: Kiriaki Vrisopoulou
Available on ERTFLIX.
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