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Monday, May 5, 2008

Nocturnal



Yannis Stavrou, Acropolis 1970, oil on canvas

"Shiny, misty or nocturnal images fascinate you through the aura of the light that surrounds the forms. Parthenon, the top ideal of classicism, stands on the Acropolis hill. The synthesis reveals a calm splendor shaping the ideas of harmony and apocalyptic light. The light of the nocturnal paintings becomes almost mystic due to the sensitive use of the oil material..." from a text written on Yannis Stavrou by the art historian Marina Pisperi.
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