Welcome to the Art of Omiros



Life of human beings is very short while the history of civilizations is very long. But this history of mankind is full of works of art that I always considered immortal. As early as the 1950's, I discovered what I called Ğmy free spaceğ, a space devoid of any rules, limitations or constraints of any kind. Since then, I never stopped cultivating this idea, looking for new spaces for freedom and expression. This culture of freedom, more than a specific style, rather a state of mind or a way of life, sent me on a long adventure of a most passionate quest: An amazing evolution in the free exploration of space with the simultaneous use of abstraction and figuration; the free exploration of forms and movements in in such themes as dance, fashion and sports; and the free exploration of human experience in myths and history with historical and spiritual themes, just to name a few.

I also have an ambitious dream to paint human history on a gigantic roll which can one day be unrolled to reveal some of its most stunning moments. My belief in art allows me to believe in the victory of goodness over the evil side of human nature. At all times and in all places, man has created artistic masterpieces. But also, at all times and in all places, man has turned predator toward his fellow man.

I wanted to paint everything, even massacres and genocides, not out of a perverse complicity, but in order to break the silence that covers their perpetuation in history. I explored the myths of Greek paganism as well as all the iconography of Christianity. There again I found a depiction of the infinite variety of human emotions, from the highest peaks of ecstasy to the lowest levels of cruelty.

Above all, I would like my work to remain an ode to the beauty of humanity as well as the physical beauty of bodies, faces, gestures and movements.

May my work always offer a pleasure for the eyes, and have hearts vibrate along with it.


Omiros
February 2010

 




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