Artia Gallery

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The large size canvases of George Kazazis are colorful and attractive. Their joy leaves no room for any existential wretchedness or expressionist emotionalism. Instead, images have been woven together into decorative patterns that are reminiscent of textile or wallpaper design. Forget William Morris' familiar Victorian creations and opt instead for the contemporary upbeat MTV style graphics, which have become part of our daily environment.

Projected and computer-manipulated images, sleekly transferred into acrylic paint, lie at the basis of these psychedelic concoctions. They were at first taken out from contemporary life, lifted from glossy magazines or the Internet. Often they are still recognizable - figures, forks and knifes - sometimes they have been fragmented and rearranged into repetitive patterns. The resulting canvases capture the mood, the energy and the psyche of the bright side of our contemporary lives, without pretense, without regrets.

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