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APOSTOLOS KILESSOPOULOS |
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The Alchemist series |
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| Alchemist,
No.1
1989 oil, 150 x 160 cm |
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| Alchemist,
No.2
1989 oil, 150 x 160 cm |
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| Alchemist,
No.3
1990 oil, 150 x 160 cm |
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| The representational substratum of Kilessopoulos'
work mainly consists of various phases in the human agony, which is depicted
as a struggle between two elements: those of the "self" and the "other".
The presence and the absence of these two elements, their fullness and
their emptiness, reveal the transient nature of the human configurations
and show that, in the final analysis, every approach made to love or to
life leads in the end to separation and death. This dramatic quality, which
is an inseparable part of his work and lies at the heart of his inspiration,
has been transformed into painting and is the stimulus for the explosion
of colour which has become ever more characteristic of his art.
George Mourelos
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Thessaloniki Corresponding Member of the Institut National de France |
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