25 November 2009

the magical realism of Iannis Nikou

a very interesting exhibition ended today in Technopolis - Gazi. the artist, Iannis Nikou. his paintings big, beautiful, impressive, with subjects from mythology, history, religion. walking along the walls and looking at the paintings was like if you had stepped into another world for a while. a controversial world. a world full of sound, energy and passion. a world full of calmness and silence. a world full of light even if that light was mostly a ‘dark’ one. mystery, pain, pleasure, lust, good, evil, seduction, choices, catharsis… human nature.

Prometheus Bound
Iannis Nikou 2008 mythology - historical cycle
the passage of Acheron
Iannis Nikou 2005 mythology - historical cycle
Incubus
Iannis Nikou 2003 allegorical - paganistic cycle
the fall of Lucifer
Iannis Nikou 2007
the fall of Lucifer - detail
Iannis Nikou 2007
the fall of Lucifer - detail
Iannis Nikou 2007
the red apple
Iannis Nikou 2007 - transfigurations

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