{"id":5010,"date":"2022-02-15T09:39:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T09:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnamamidakisfoundation.org?p=5010"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:55:21","slug":"giannis-parmakelis-kionas-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnamamidakisfoundation.org\/en\/giannis-parmakelis-kionas-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Yiannis Parmakelis, Column (2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The artwork \u00abColumn\u00bb was presented during Yiannis Parmakelis’ solo exhibition titled \u00abMechanics, 1978-2006\u00bb in the summer of 2006<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The work is a prominent example of the artist\u2019s sculptural practice since 1978 and is based on a new iconographic vocabulary stemming from principles of geometry, constructivist compositions, and various formal and typologic combinations. Made of metal, as most of the artist\u2019s sculptures, it maintains the traditional formal appearance of a column combined with Parmakelis\u2019 morpho-plastic idiom, which is characterised by utterly contemporary, expressionist, geometric and constructivist statements. One could argue that Parmakelis comes into contact with an entirely Greek element, the ancient pillars, and imports is to the present. However, while forging a contemporary shape and substance, he also imports to the present the anthropocentric values of antiquity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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