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rt lovers got to enjoy the latest offerings
by Constantinos Ptohopoulos, with his
exhibition of paintings
Skin or Gold
, hosted by
Gallery Kypriaki Gonia on 6 - 20 November
2015.
With his latest work, Constantinos Ptohopoulos
narrates the stories of fellow human beings.
The faces are both familiar and distant, and
are portrayed in private settings; in rooms of
memory and oblivion. Despite being covered
with gold, they are impressively human.
Gold does not conceal but, to the contrary,
reveals the depth of a highly variable and rich
psychological landscape. In every piece of
work, we see a fellow human being who feels
joy, sorrow or anxiety, and looks for hope in
an undefined source. With Midas’ touch – the
mythical king who turned anything to gold
by just touching it – Ptohopoulos is posing a
crucial question: What is more important in
life, gold and whatever else it stands for or the
individual as a person? With the power of his
art, he gives an unambiguous answer. Gold is a
negligible outer layer and a fruitless devotion to
matter and vanity. True wealth is to be found in
every human being, in his vibrating soul and his
skin, which expresses joy and sorrow and bares
the promise of a better tomorrow.
Skin or Gold
Painting Exhibition by Constantinos Ptohopoulos
