AFTER A FIFTEEN-YEAR BREAK from his last exhibition, the outstanding sculptor (and Professor in the Department of Visual Arts and Art Sciences at the University of Ioannina) Kostas Dikefalos makes his comeback with a solo exhibition titled ‘Sculpture in Light’, to be inaugurated at Sianti Gallery on Friday, June 14, 8pm. After almost 15 years Dikefalos returns with an exhibition which reminds us that natural light and art are in constant interaction. Following the motif “the work lives with light” dispels the myth that sculpture excludes all sentimentality, since light is a form of energy and a source of life.

The late art historian and former National Gallery of Greece director Marina Lambraki-Plaka had said of Dikefalos’ art: “The sleek forms born from his chisel belong to a modern classicism. The space around them acts as a boundary, embracing the form without letting it ‘diffuse’. The formal plasticity of Dikefalos’ sculptures preliminarily exclude ugliness, deformity, impressive surprises. The sculptor interprets the light like his ancient contemporaries with light strokes that make their mark on the moulded surface with sleekness while, where the composition requires, a deep groove creates the shadow of intensity “.

Kostas Dikefalos is a creator of our time who managed to save and serve two values that are in danger of disappearing: the honesty of the craftsman and the passion for the beautiful form.

• The solo exhibition ‘Sculpture in Light’, of Kostas Dikefalos runs June 14-July13. Sianti Gallery is on 2 Vass. Alexandrou and Michalakopoulou Str., Athens (Behind the National Gallery). T: 210 7245432, 210 3648335. Email: info@siantigallery.com

• You may visit the gallery’s website here

• Opening hours of Sianti Gallery: Tuesday – Thursday- Friday 10:00-20:00; Wednesday 10:00-15:00; Saturday 10:00-16:00. Closed on Sunday and Monday.

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