About Work

Series working title : May you live in slightly less dreary times

The Covid 19 lockdown measures forced Dimitri to reevaluate his priorities as an artist. The moratorium on business activities in Athens created a stillness as well as a sense of unnamable uncertainty. In this state where nothing seems certain, his creativity voice has re-emerged, providing him with a greater sense of certainty or at the very least a sense of fulfillment through the [constructive] act of painting and drawing.

This body of work is inspired by the innate beauty and re-emergence of nature during the lock-down in Athens and depicts the local fauna around Lycabettus and the neighbourhood of Exarchia (Sleeping swift and New Age Owls), a fantastic vision of an unspoiled Cretan landscapes Avocados on Vacation.

This series also delves into symbolism, meditations on calamity and the sheer absence of anything – as in Martin Buber and the Lightbulb and Icons of Ecology while Covid Crown pokes fun at the obsolescence and freeze of high(er)-stakes players in the art world, anxious perhaps to shore up their losses, and fearful of making any short-term plans.

This pandemic has helped me to understand and appreciate how important it is to take control of existence through my creativity. The Covid 19 Pandemic has effectively leveled the playing ground for artists and indeed this is a wonderful time to see who hasn’t stopped making, and how this hardship has effectively summoned even more inventiveness and creativity among artists. I am both delighted and grateful for this opportunity to exhibit with the Art Core Art Gallery as the gallery has maintained such an inclusive philosophy, showing the works of a vast and diverse array of artists of different backgrounds.

You can follow his work at: www.dimitriyin.com