Yorgos Stamkopoulos

The Greek painter Yorgos Stamkopoulos hasn’t touched a paintbrush in nearly ten years. And indeed, when you behold one of his works, what you see isn’t necessarily a painting at all, but the physical remnants of an invisible act. For Stamkopoulos, painting is not an accumulation of pre-meditated gestures plotted out on a canvas, nor is it an expressive act. Painting is instead something that is removed from the canvas, while his art is that which remains. This enigmatic interplay between process and material forms one of the most compelling aspects of Stamkopoulos’ practice.

Stamkopoulos has had solo exhibitions at Lepsien Art Foundation, Düsseldorf, Mario Iannelli Gallery, Rome, CAN Christina Androulidaki gallery, Athens, Fabio Tiboni/Sponda, Bologna, Kunsthalle Athena booth at Art Athina fair (curated by Marina Fokidis). 

Courtesy of Nathalie Halgand