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Born in Athens in 1954, Miltos Pantelias
studied engraving and lithography at the Ecole Nationale
Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and Art Plastiques at Paris 8
University in Paris where he lived for eleven years.
He has presented his artwork in thirty
individual exhibitions in Greece, France, Cyprus,
Belgium and UK and several group exhibitions and art
meetings in Greece and abroad.
The definition of the palimpsest
constitutes the framework of M. Pantelias’
experimentations. The palimpsests refer to old
manuscripts which have been erased in order to write new
writings on them, this double-written reading defines a
new place and becomes the carrier of new interpretation
producing a new image. He studies and is inspired by the
mechanisms of memory, the past, its recall and
transformation into something new, in a new time. The
notion of Palimpsest in memory, as it is represented
through Pantelias’ work, affects his practice too and
finally is reflected through it. Multiple layers of
processing which are not always visible; the fabric, the
paper and at the same time, in this tranquil frame, the
detail in the folds contributes in a sense of an aerial
movement.
The most of his artworks function as
monumental instantanés that release an aura with intense
elements of nostalgia and lust, which is also reinforced
by the characteristics of his art, the obsession in the
detail and the quiet use of colour.
Source: miltospantelias.gr |
