A neo-pop narrative characterises the art of Costas Tsiknis, as Apostolis Artinos writes: “Entries that exhaust —and are exhausted at— the surface of their image. Painterly gestures that occupy the space and demarcate their spots. What is deposited on the painted surfaces of Tsiknis is the repetitiveness of the moments as they are brought together in the hologrammatic allure of a magical image. The fluorescent colours, the black light that supports them and a decorative aesthetic make up an imagery that lies beyond painting and, ultimately, beyond the image.”
Olga Papacosta writes in a text on the artist: “The works of Costas Tsiknis point to a pagan world in which the distinction between living and inanimate does not exist. The miniscule, repetitive forms on the frame are no less live than the figures inside the box. There is life in the microcosm and the microcosm alike; in both the invisible and the visible. The artist stands at the border between the two worlds as an intermediary, mediator, a medium”.
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