{"id":651,"date":"2023-11-13T13:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/?p=651"},"modified":"2023-11-23T08:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T08:18:23","slug":"contemplative-women-emerge-through-subtle-grids-in-stelios-pupets-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dimensionfx.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/13\/contemplative-women-emerge-through-subtle-grids-in-stelios-pupets-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemplative Women Emerge Through Subtle Grids in Stelios Pupet\u2019s Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Les murmures du jardin,” oil on canvas, 200 x 200 centimeters. Photo by Auryn F<\/a>. All images \u00a9 Stelios Pupet, shared with permission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Whether working on a wall or canvas, artist Stelios Pupet<\/a> begins with a grid. What starts as uniform blocks slowly morph into varied, angular shapes as he works, adding depth and structure to his largely figurative compositions. Viewed through the subtle distortion of the grid, his subjects are often crouching amid cacti and potted plants or curled into themselves in moments of contemplation. He describes his process:<\/p>\n

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I am focusing on creating a nice image, different or contemporary and easy on the eye. Sometimes, there is a personal story behind a canvas or a painting on a wall that makes the artwork more powerful or important (to me at least)…I believe that if you give everything in the creation of an artwork, somehow a part of you is captured and in this way, feelings are being created (for) the viewer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Following a busy few months of working on murals across Europe, Pupet is currently creating a small piece in a park near his home in Athens. Follow his progress on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Amongst Greenery,” oil on canvas, 120 x 120 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Detail of “Les murmures du jardin,” oil on canvas, 200 x 200 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“MR Tlaloc,” Athens. Photo by Dimitris Maniatis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Amidst the Cacti,” Zaragoza, Spain. Photo by Marcos Cebria\u0301n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Remake of the Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painting, \u201cPortrait of Madamme Gaudry\u201d (1864), acrylic and crayons on canvas , 40 x 40 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Solitude of Contemplation,” Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park, Athens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Study for the canvas \u201cThey keep coming,” gouache on paper, 25 x 18 centimeters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Contemplative Women Emerge Through Subtle Grids in Stelios Pupet’s Paintings<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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