039. GHIKA (HATZIKYRIAKOS) Nikos (1906-1994)

‘Kites’

Signed oil on canvas 64×75 cm

€ 8.000 – 10.000

Another allusive depiction of the recognizable and cherished flight of the kites dancing in the “Clean Monday’s” skyline in which the formal elements of the architectural landscape disperse in line with Ghikas’ technique with linearity and geometric consistency. Completely original in terms of color, the intellectual artist, with cubist transformations blends and juxtapositions of designs renders here the work without the human presence as in other variations of the same subject in known published works. As symbols of freedom imagination and connection to the sky, kites capture the flight of the human soul. With sudden interruption of lines and surfaces dynamism of his line and clarity of contours the artist renders simple volumes floating and growing in space according to a singular personal geometry. He presents a world distinguished by its heartbreaking imagery fragmented narrative and inventive creativity. Paradoxical flame-like and curvilinear plant growth combines with a lack of hierarchy and with the absence of vertically organized structure to create a fascinating enigmatic world.