Stathis Dimitriadis attributes his inspiration and curiosity for artmaking to the daily stimuli of the urban environment. Everyday images of building constructions, road grids, flows of people and objects are feeding into his fragile assemblages. He compares this approach with a dive into a treasure box - continuously observing, selecting, connecting and creating, in an attempt to reveal new meanings as well as preparing the ground for future conceptions.
He fabricates ceramic elements using repetitive processes of throwing, hand-building, or breaking. Like a construction worker, Dimitriadis embraces whatever materials he has at hand, including discarded and found objects. Although his methods are disciplined, accidents of the unusual and unexpected occur, creating a temporary lapse of rationale and control. These momentary escapes to freedom form unique entities which are bigger than a sum of parts; they offer full meanings only when seen in totality – like life itself. Furthermore, these spatial arrangements have similarities with the way we form our thoughts, memories and how we communicate. On the one hand they are frantic, colourful and textured; on the other hand, they are simple, organised and banal and remain as 'imperfect' and 'unfinished' as the artist himself.
Stathis Dimitriadis, Menstrual, 2014, Ceramic body, red paint, light bulbs and holders
H440 mm x W360 mm x D280 mm.
Courtesy and © Stathis Dimitriadis and Renée Pfister 2020.
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