Manolis Saridakis does not ignore nature, he studies it with persistence and intervenes, having always the power of his childhood experiences (who didn’t play with the paper boats!?)
Here I want to point out the little one that greatly interprets the great one. He builds the paper boat and lets him sail in the water or rest on the pebbles. The boat from some newspapers carries a covert word, carries the code that Manolis has in his painting, tells us what the old art teachers have said differently and wants to introduce us to this image and that he has conquered himself in his painting or anti-painting.
Chania, 10-5-2004
Giorgis Kounalis