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dimitris skalkotos

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Dimitris Skalkotos’ family roots go back to Pyrgos on the island of Tinos, a place with a special tradition in the arts and more specifically sculpture and best known for its marble-carving workshops. It was the birth place of a.o. Yiannoulis Chalepas, the most celebrated Greek modern marble sculptor.

 

Skalkotos steers away from a purely materialistic approach, thinking along the contemporary experience of concept and of art as a form of communication. His technique translates language and poetry into three dimensional representations. He challenges the apparent obvious characteristics of the marble to surprise the viewer with subtle but effective interventions, a fine cut in a heavy slab of marble, letters and words carved, etc.