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pocalypse Gallery in Nicosia hosted an
exhibition of artworks and mosaics by
acclaimed Cypriot artist George Kotsonis, from
4 - 21 November 2015. The exhibition was
inaugurated by the President of the Republic of
Cyprus, Mr Nicos Anastasiades.
According to art critics Dr Nadia Anaxogora
and Christodoulos Callinos, George Kotsonis
is unquestionably one of Cyprus’ leading
contemporary artists. His work is characterised
by stability, magnificence, reflection, clarity
and tranquillity.
His compositions are based on an excellent
organisation of the design contour and the
purity of the painting surface when it comes to
his painting, and clean materials when it comes
to his mosaics.
Kotsonis’ work focuses on depicting the female
form, based on two main elements: inner
and outer beauty. His nude depictions unveil
one of the academic artist’s most substantive
convictions: that the search for beauty is
perhaps the essence of artistic activity, and of
art per se.
His landscapes and seascapes, his female
nudes and figures in a stance of reminiscence,
reflection, erotic devotion or maternal ecstasy,
are sculpted through an abstract realism to
match that unrivalled feeling of transcendental
calm and serenity.
About George Kotsonis
George Kotsonis was born in Palechori, Cyprus,
in March 1940. In 1958, he studied Art at Saint
Martin’s School of Art, London.
In 1960 he won a scholarship to China, where
he continued his studies at the Peking Academy
of Fine Art with Ai-Choun-Sin.
In 1963 he went to Czechoslovakia on a
scholarship, where he continued and finished
his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Prague with Antony Pelts. He received his
degree of Art in 1967, along with the title of
Academic Artist. He now lives and works in
Paphos, Cyprus.
George Kotsonis
Grand exhibition of new works
