VASSILIKI

Catalogue · 1981 — present

Works

Four decades of one continuous polyptych on man and the divine — paintings and sculptures from Eve (1981) and the early crosses to The City of Games, the Hugs, and the recent series I Believe. Click any work to open it full-size.

Paintings

Oil on canvas · 1998 — 2016

Geometric Series

1998 — present · Oil on canvas · the painted ground of The City of Games and The Temple of Colours
The City of Games
Oil on canvas · 600 × 280 cm
The City of Games
Oil on canvas · 600 × 280 cm
The City of Games
Oil on canvas · 400 × 260 cm
The City of Games
Oil on canvas · 400 × 260 cm

I Believe

2014 — present · Oil on canvas
“I Am Holding You”
Oil on canvas · 180 × 250 cm · 2015
“I Can Do It”
Oil on canvas · 150 × 150 cm · 2015
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 150 × 150 cm · 2015
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 160 × 100 cm · 2015
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 160 × 100 cm · 2015
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 160 × 100 cm · 2015

The Love of Harlequins

2000 — 2004 · Oil on canvas
“The Game”
Oil on canvas · 150 × 380 cm · 2000
“Game on Red”
Oil on canvas · 60 × 80 cm · 2004
“Game on Blue”
Oil on canvas · 60 × 80 cm · 2004
“Follow Me”
Oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm · 2004
“Play With Me”
Oil on canvas · 60 × 50 cm · 2004

Study of a Hug — Being Together

2004 — 2006 · Oil on canvas
“Together”
Oil on canvas · 150 × 130 cm · 2004
“Moments”
Oil on canvas · 150 × 130 cm · 2004
“Far Away So Close”
Oil on canvas · 100 × 90 cm · 2005
“Lonely”
Oil on canvas · 80 × 110 cm · 2004
“I Love You”
Oil on canvas · 60 × 60 cm · 2004
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 180 × 130 cm · 2004
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 170 × 130 cm · 2006
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas · 150 × 120 cm · 2006

Silence Treatment

2007 — 2010 · Oil on canvas
“Divorce”
Oil on canvas · 100 × 150 cm · 2007

The Love of Harlequins · The City of Games

From canvas to volume

The multi-coloured diamond costume of the Harlequin — the tragic figure of the Commedia dell'Arte — moves out of the painting and into space, becoming the hand-painted sculptures that follow.

Sculptures

Polyester · resin · bronze · 1981 — present

The Chairs of Elapsing Presence

2014 — present · Wood, painted with metallic colour
“Chair”
Wood, painted with metallic colour · H125 × W68 × D50 cm · 2015
“Chair”
Wood, painted with metallic colour · H125 × W68 × D50 cm · 2015
“Chair”
Wood, painted with metallic colour · H125 × W68 × D50 cm · 2015
“Chair”
Wood, painted with metallic colour · H125 × W68 × D50 cm · 2015

Black & White

2006 — 2011 · Polyester, marble emulsion & resin · painted by hand with metallic colours
“Sphere”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D100 cm · 2008
“Sphere”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D30 cm · 2008
“Sphere”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D40 cm · 2008
“Harlequin”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · W120 × H200 × D50 cm
“Small Harlequin”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · W40 × H93 × D23 cm · 2008
“Bust”
Marble emulsion & resin, hand-painted metallic · H44 × W30 × D16 cm · 2009

Angelique on the Swing

2006 — 2009 · Polyester figure & wooden swing, painted with metallic colours · cableway suspension, height adjustable
Angelique on the Swing
Figure L90 × H80 × D25 cm · Swing L80 × W40 cm · 2006
Angelique on the Swing
Figure L90 × H80 × D25 cm · Swing L80 × W40 cm · 2006
Angelique on the Swing
Figure L90 × H80 × D25 cm · Swing L80 × W40 cm · 2007
Angelique on the Swing
Polyester & wood, four layers of metallic colour · 2007

Hugs

2004 — 2007 · 32 volumes · marble emulsion & resin and bronze, painted with metallic colours
“Union”
Marble emulsion & resin, metallic · H130 × W45 × D67 cm · 2005
“Recognition”
Marble emulsion & resin, metallic · H130 × W60 × D70 cm · 2006
“Hug I”
Marble emulsion & resin, metallic · H54 × W15 × D20 cm · 2007
“Hug II”
Marble emulsion & resin, metallic · H56 × W15 × D20 cm · 2007
“Recognition”
Marble emulsion & resin, metallic · H130 × W60 × D70 cm · 2006
“Untitled”
Bronze · 2005

Harlequins

1998 — 2003 · The City of Games · Polyester, painted by hand with four layers of metallic colours
“Harlequins”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · H210 × W210 × D70 cm · 2000
“Harlequins”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · H210 × W210 × D70 cm · 2000
“Harlequins”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · H210 × W210 × D70 cm · 2000
“Harlequins”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · H210 × W210 × D70 cm · 2000

Slight differences in dimensions occur from one form to the next — each Harlequin is unique.

Balls

1998 — 2004 · The City of Games · Polyester, painted by hand with four layers of metallic colours · D30 — 300 cm
“Balls”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D30 — 300 cm · 2000
“Balls”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D30 — 300 cm · 2000
“Balls” · Place de la Bastille
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D30 — 300 cm · 2000
“Balls”
Polyester, hand-painted metallic · D30 — 300 cm · 2000

Cyclist · Swings · Carousel — Kinetic

1998 — 2004 · The City of Games · iron and motor, painted by hand with four layers of metallic colours
“Cyclist”
Kinetic · iron & motor · H480 × W200 × D100 cm · 2000
“Swings”
Kinetic · iron & motor · H490 × W260 × D200 cm · 2000
“Carousel”
Kinetic · iron & motor · H12 × D12 metres · 2000
“Carousel”
Kinetic · iron & motor · H12 × D12 metres · 2000

The first period · 1981 — 1997

Cross-shaped figures & before

1995 — 1997

Cross-shaped Figures — “Stavroschimites”

The cross taken as the basic element of the work — the most humanist symbol of mankind, joining the earthly microcosm of man to the macrocosm of the universe. The motif that would grow into The City of Crosses and provoke the censorship defended by Pierre Restany.

1990 — 1994

Crosses

Early sculptural studies of the cross — iron and reflective surfaces — the four-year groundwork from which the cross-shaped figures emerge.

1981

Eve

The earliest catalogued work — the first figure in a body of work that becomes one continuous polyptych on man and the divine.

Stavroschimites · Aosta
Cross-shaped figures · iron & broken mirror
The City of Crosses
Iron & broken mirror