“I want to call “painting” this work here “because that is what it’s about … painting. I believe that today the conditions are not enough to determine the diversity of visual expression. We have been overtaken by the all the means and what’s left, if for the artist himself to define himself and his work.” Dimosthenis Kokkinidis says in “Vimos” a few days before the inauguration of his new exhibition. With his first public presentation of his works in 1960, the artist was one of the first to “clean” his palette by expressing his reflection on social phenomena, with “raw material” the unified colored surfaces. “At that time, painting in Athens gave me the impression of a field of solid black. The colors around me were brown and gray, but I was seeing white and blue seas, I saw light as yellow, sometimes aggressive and other times pleasant.” Source: tovima.gr
€180.00
Code:
Νο 898
Title:
On the beach
Dimensions:25 × 25 cm
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Silkscreen hand numbered and signed by Dimosthenis Kokkinidis. Edition of 200 prints.
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Since the early 1960s his painting technic has broken free from the stereotypes of the ASCR and he presented a clear and interesting development both in the choice of subjects but also in the aesthetic treatment. Although the titles of the first thematic sections (People's quarters, Cyclades) seem to be a something very common, the way they’ve been painted does not show the graphicness of the pictures at all, but a peculiar color expression. The same goes for the rest of his work. They’re not descriptive illustrations but an abstract process where the subject is identified with visual composition and color always plays a decisive role. The same applies to the next section titled "Violence", which was published in 1967 and was inspired by the Vietnam War. His political enthusiasm is evident in his work as the post-conflict. He avoids the formalities and emphasizes the ideological commentary. With targeted thematic series, such as Identities and Protests, he critically refers to today’s reality.
However, unlike the majority of other artists who have expressed their anti-dictatorial stance in their work, they do not have a realistic point in their works. He remains a collector with subtle expressionist tensions in the wording of the message, as is the limited use of collage in this work phase. Most of his paintings are paintings of various dimensions with oil or acrylic paints.
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