It is said that Atlas was standing on the westernmost edge of the earth. Nowadays crisis (not only economical but also political, social and cultural) is more than obvious in the whole ‘western’ world. Contemporary man witnesses, maybe more than ever, the decadence of his systems. Therefore this decadence is the burden he carries. It’s his modern punishment (Nemesis) for his arrogance (Hybris).
Moreover, the Atlases I paint and draw are everyday people. They are young. They have the power of youth. They face an uncertain future. But most of all they carry the weight of themselves. Like all people my Atlases hope and want to believe in their dreams. They enjoy. They weigh on. Each one of us carries a vision which collides with reality. Everyone carries his own dream-world. This is our ‘punishment’ and our duty at the same time: Struggle to change reality and incarnate our personal myth results to be our common ‘burden’.
Seemingly different styles claim their position on my works. Drawing accuracy and color intension, detail and expression, figures, lines, forms and hand-writing tend to co-exist in consistency. This is more obvious in my previous works. Here these opposite elements still exist, in a more concise and direct way but mostly in a more notional way. Power – Fear, Endurance – Despair, Pleasure – Torture, Beauty – Punishment, Struggle – Relinquishment…
Yorgos Papakarmezis
2012
SOLD ‘Atlas I’, Oil on wood, 100cm.X72cm., 2010
SOLD ‘Atlas II’, Oil on canvas, 200cm.X66cm., 2011
SOLD ‘Atlas III’, Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 150cm.X60cm., 2011
‘Atlas IV’, Pencil and oil on paper, 59cm.X36cm.,2011
‘Atlas V’, Oil on canvas, 150cm.X75cm., 2011
‘Atlas VI’, Oil and marker on canvas, 120cm.X60cm., 2011
SOLD ‘Atlas VΙΙ’, Pencil and acrylicl on paper, 59cm.X36cm.,2011
SOLD ‘Atlas VIII’, Pencil, oil and acrylic on paper, 42cm.X49cm., 2011
SOLD ‘Atlas IX’, Oil, oil-pastel, charcoal, pencil and color pencil on canvas, 120cm.X65cm., 2011
‘Atlas X (the Nest)’ , Pencil, ink, acrylic and colour pencil on paper, 52cm.X35cm., 2011
‘Atlas XI’, Pencil and ink on paper, 59cm.X31cm., 2011
‘Atlas XII (Uncharted Territory)’ study, Pencil, colour pencil and ink on paper, 59cm.X31cm., 2011
SOLD ‘Atlas XII (Uncharted Territory), Oil on canvas, 170cm.X100cm. 2014
‘Atlas XIII’, Pencil, ink and acrylic on paper, 60cm.X42cm., 2011
SOLD ‘Atlas XIV’, Pencil, marker and acrylic on paper, 48cm.X26cm., 2012
‘Atlas XV’, Oil on canvas, 100cm.X50cm., 2012
‘Atlas XVI’, Oil on canvas, 100cm.X80cm., 2012
SOLD ‘Atlas XVII (Breathe in)’, Pencil, ink and acrylic on paper, 57,5cm.X38cm., 2012
‘Atlas XVIII’, Pencil, ink and acrylic on paper, 47,5cm.X28,5cm., 2012
‘Atlas XIX’, Oil on canvas, 100cm.X70cm., 2013
SOLD ‘Atlas XX’, Pencil, ink, colour pencil and acrylic on paper, 41cm.X38cm., 2012
SOLD ‘Atlas ΧΧI’, Pencil, ink and acrylic on paper, 41cm.X57cm., 2012
SOLD ‘Atlas XXII’, Pencil, ink, colour pencil, marker and acrylic on paper, 39cm.X57cm., 2012
‘Atlas XXIII’, Pencil, ink and acrylic on paper, 48cm.X27cm., 2012
‘Atlas XXIV (theWarrior), Oil on canvas, 140cm.X30cm. 2013
‘Atlas XXV, Oil on canvas, 150cm.X130cm. 2014
Yorgos Papakarmezis 