Reflection of the art exhibition of George Fanaras «SinoTwo»
Reflection
of the art exhibition of George Fanaras «SinoTwo»
During the days of 8-29
September 2017, the art exhibition ‘Art & Ethics, Reflection through Art’ took place at Covent
Garden in Brussels. This event has been composed by a significant
collection of canvases, made by the rising young artist Mr Giorgos Fanaras
(SinoTwo). The main concept of this exhibition was based on the field of ethics
and the ways that the art’s contribution could increase people’s awareness.
Through a variety of ethical topics linked to our modern era, the artist is
aiming to magnify the visitors’ attention and understanding about topics like
the people’s isolation, the idea of judgement, the destruction of natural
sources or the recent increasing flow of war immigrants. It is obvious that
these paintings are trying to deliver a clear message for morality issues which
are being demonstrated in different forms like scenes based on the modern everyday
life, the ancient Greek mythology or recent moral dilemmas.
Observing the technical background of these
paintings, the art pieces have been created by art materials like acrylics,
oils and spray cans that the artist used to express his conceptual art using
dark or light colors and in some parts the color pallet is being more expanding.
Apart from the colors, the lines and the brushstrokes are being presented in
some cases with more blurry and abstract effects, while some color drops and
fades provide more artistic abstraction. The human figures in his art pieces
have been demonstrated with natural shapes and movements providing a harmonic
and realistic synthesis. Through his art, we could detect the combination of several
elements of the painting from early Greek artists which is linked to the more
recent art techniques like street art.
At this point, I would like to mention one of the most
impressing art pieces of this exhibition named ‘The Glass Prison’. In this
painting, the artist expresses his idea by painting with dark colors the frame
and outline the canvas’ concept, and he emphasizes with light colors the
concept in the middle, by providing an artistic symmetry to the general
aesthetic quality of this painting. In this piece of art, we can see a person
sitting in his own living room watching television, while the whole environment
is made by glass, referring to the television screen.
Outside
this glass prison, there are two guards standing and guarding the main figure. The
living room can be seen from the outside world, despite the need for privacy
and protection. The color drops transfuse a dramatic tone and the lighting
colors under the floor creates the illusion that this glass prison is hovering
on the air. The main concept talks about the creation of people’s comfort zone
and the choice of a life style based on impersonal relationships through the
social media. Despite the daily sharing of personal data and moments, the
humans remain isolated in their own prison, which despite its transparency, it remains
a prison. Truly this painting inflames connotations and reflects the modern way
of living.
The main objective of all these paintings is not
focusing on providing answers to any of these moral dilemmas, but it tries to
reveal their real nature. The visitors are being called to search deeper inside
themselves and find out what is really ethic or not. The message of this
artistic event is clear and loud. Art can play a key role to educate and inform
people on essential and philosophical topics like ethics. This fact underlines
the value of art on highlighting intertemporal issues that have influenced the
humans’ spiritual evolution and this idea is representing one of the main
ideological frameworks and purposes of this art exhibition.
Reflecting to all these, I would like to wish all the
best for a bright future in the field of arts to the young and rising artist
Giorgos Fanaras, who has presented a very interesting art exhibition in
Brussels. I am looking forward to meeting his future artistic projects, which
are based on the innovative concept of illustrating ideas about critical topics
for the humanity. Art can inspire and alert people’s perspective about several
domains of life, as in the occasion of Mr. Giorgos Fanaras, who has fulfilled
the purpose of his art.
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