VASSILIS SKYLAKOS
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” plastics, wood, 1981 140 x 100 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” triptych A’, 1963 oil on wood 80 x 75 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” triptych A’, 1963 oil on wood, open 80 x 150 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” mixed media on sheet metal, 1984 95 x 95 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” mixed media on sheet metal, 1984 95 x 95 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Game” 1974-75 iron, variable dimensions | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” mixed media on wood, 1995 135 x 65 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” wood, 1994 36.5 x 28.5 x 6 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” paint, wood, 1990 200 x 30 x 20 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” iron 36 x 16 x 16 cm | ![]() |
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) “Untitled” iron 20 x 35 x 25 cm | ![]() |
VASSILIS SKYLAKOS
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
plastics, wood, 1981
140 x 100 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
triptych A’, 1963
oil on wood
80 x 75 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
triptych A’, 1963
oil on wood, open
80 x 150 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
mixed media on sheet metal, 1984
95 x 95 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
mixed media on sheet metal, 1984
95 x 95 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Game”
1974-75
iron, variable dimensions
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
mixed media on wood, 1995
135 x 65 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
wood, 1994
36.5 x 28.5 x 6 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
paint, wood, 1990
200 x 30 x 20 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
iron
36 x 16 x 16 cm
Vassilis Skylakos
(1930-2000)
“Untitled”
iron
20 x 35 x 25 cm
Vassilis Skylakos (1930-2000) was a multi-dimensional artist, one of the most charismatic of the postwar generation. Besides a painter and sculptor, he was an interior decorator, jewellery designer and antique dealer. His work was identified by the art of assemblage, and was associated with various tendencies and movements, such as accretion, anti-art, environmental art, Junk sculpture, Mobile, neo-Dadaism / neo-Dada, Nouveau Réalisme and Pop Art.
Skylakos’ work is mostly based on emotion rather than on intellect. The habit of collecting useless and cheap and worthless materials found on the street market, indicates an unusual and special attraction to the material as a physical substance in general. In the case of Skylakos, this attraction was interconnected with the transformation and revitalization of wasted materials: “My work always started from this marginal point that something had been definitively useless and had lost every reason of existence and was totally out of order. I am interested in giving life to what is no longer needed and to make visible was does not exist”, stated himself.
VASSILIS SKYLAKOS
“Here, there and everywhere”
Curated by Christopher Marinos
Duration: 07.11 – 07.12 2019