Modelling Phenomena, Christos Tzivelos
at the Benaki Museum, Pireos annexe.
It is has now been four decades since Christos Tzivelos worked on The Rhetoric of the Image, the series that marked the beginning of his brief yet prolific career in art. In the 18 active years before his untimely death in 1995, the artist managed to leave behind a remarkable body of sculptures in which he used mainly light. For Tzivelos light has functioned as the primary material, enclosed in sculptural forms of wax or resin. Light shapes the forms, raising them from darkness. 'The artist's hand', he said in an interview, 'can cultivate a relationship with natural phenomena such as light'.
Untitled, 1982, (painted cardboard)
From the series Lampe 'le rayon X', 1983-85, (light, glass globes, mixed media)
looking closer
The Painter, 1983, (cans with paint drippings, miniature figure)
Untitled, 1986-89, (flashlight projection)
Bird's Eye-View, 1991, Installation
Untitled, 1993, (light, resin, fireproof fabric)
looking closer
looking closer
Untitled, 1990, (light, resin, iron)
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