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Charalampos Mathiopoulos
series "Little Pianola" is extraordinary not only
for its classic composition but also for its geometric essentializing
of his subject. Using his own photographs of real objects
as building blocks, he abstracts images to high-colored
descriptions through complex geometric structures. Emerging
from a studied background in economics and music in London,
he spent a decade performing with jazz and classical ensembles,
experiences which now clearly impact his visual work, as
does his childhood passion for chess. Utilizing basic forms
that are used as the foundation for all other shapes - squares,
rectangles, triangles, circles and ellipses - his images,
placement, scale and rotation alter predictability and increase
complexity, culminating in intensely convincing invention.
In his photography and print-making, this
Athens-born artist aims to achieve resolution, color balance
and saturation suitable for large prints of at least 125
cm (49.21 inches). Large prints, as large sculptures, pose
an immense challenge, and it is here that good quality images
get separated from the rest. He carries out his large-scale
printing on archive paper using a state-of-the-art Durst-Lamda
printer. In 2005, Mathiopoulos had solo exhibitions in Greece
and France.
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