© George Nikas
Today I would like to introduce you painter called George Nikas. Born in 1973 in Grece, he studied Industrial Desing at Birmingham Polytechnic in England. But let's go to the point (this kind of details you can get on his myspace here.)
What really impressed me in the works of Nikas were his exellent and powerfull lanscapes, in witch you can find an uncommon fusion between some kind of traditional expression and the contemporary context.
Amazing movement, colours (from quiet to the richest) that take us into his unique atmosphere.
Here is an interview with the artist.
Amazing movement, colours (from quiet to the richest) that take us into his unique atmosphere.
Here is an interview with the artist.
BR: What do you think about market of art?
George Nikas: Market of Art is always vast and niche. That means that it's hard to succeed especially nowadays painting isn't the only medium used concerning two dimensional expression. It's more difficult because of the new standards set by photography, video, digital systems, etc, which sometimes reach beyond painting as music and movement even interaction are included.
GN: J. M. W. Turner is without any doubt, one of, if not the best landscape painter ever. It's impossible not to accept main values as color, technics, movement, modernism used and shown by such a great master. He set the base of what landscape painting is, so I can't avoid not to be influenced by his work. I also admire the 19th century American school which also set new standards and parameters about art concerning size and market during huge exhibitions in Europe. In other words Art became bigger. CinemaScope was invented in the United States not in Europe, Art became wider... Everybody notices it better when you are in U.S. or even watch a film made there!
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What do you think when people interpretate in an easy way your works?
GN: It is well known that education and especially art education is not at a level at it should be. Generally speaking there's an ethics crisis so it's normal to listen to any easy criticism where there's no actual context. I accept it though trying not to make art for art!
GN: I visited France, Spain and Italy, live in Greece always around classical and neo-classical art. It's part of my life. It's essential to explore it, taste it if you like, go beyond it...
GN: Industrial Design was chosen apart from economical reasons as a way to accept Art and Design through modern means which translate in my opinion modern life. Speed, I think, is the key word which incorporates the new meaning of life. Speed through technology made all things easier at all domains. In a still romantic way I do fine art incorporating speed in a neo-expressionistic way in parallel to a fully industrialized life we - I live. Industrial Design was essential for me to understand life especially in Greece we don't really manufacture a lot. I always use Industrial Design technics in my art like fast movements and sometimes "more" industrial products like spays. I use industrial design products, hardware and software to research, promote and communicate as well.
GN: Landscapes present the environment we live in. My landscapes present a partly fantastic, partly natural, sometimes industrial, de-constracted atmosphere through impressionism and expressionism. It's a mixture of elements based in everyday real life images we live in. A blend of darkness and light coming out of my mind. Landscapes are being a research I've been doing about easier expression. They have no limits, are universal, beyond races.
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(personal question) Which is your favourite album of Einturzende Neubauten?
GN: "Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala" is probably my favorite E.N. album. I like Morning Dew cover so much but again I like everything they do!
GN: Definitely, for the time being I'm not abstract all the way, it's obvious. Maybe it's just a different kind of view. I would like to be completely abstract in the future but for the time being I do a research in environmental forms, both nutural and technical. I also start doing research through painting and designing, on human body expression. My goal is to combine both environmental and human forms, then be more abstract!
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