A photo-realistic ode to the wild landscapes and unpretentious nature of the Cycladic Island of Syros by Antonios Aspromourgos.
This new creative direction of the visual artist, Antonios Aspromourgos, promises a daring, almost hedonistic journey to the wild slopes and deserted mountain peaks of the Cycladic landscape of the island of Syros. Directly influenced by his now permanent residence in the capital of the Cyclades, the artist has surrendered himself to the impulsive attraction of the multidimensional landscape and fallen in love with the silvery glints of the olive leaves, the deep green of the native bushes, and the blue-green silhouettes of the cacti.
Refusing to capture the crystal waters and sapphire blue of the sea for the umpteenth time, as many painters have done, he focuses on the solitary beauty of the island’s landscape; a captivating tapestry, wild and arid yet mysterious and imposing. In his works, we can see a playful “lens” that sometimes focuses on minute details of plants and rocks, and at other times moves far away, evoking a panorama as if through the watchful gaze of an imaginary seagull.
It is engaging how almost the same theme is transformed—subject to the will of the seasons—from green hills with flowers to golden dry mountain slopes. The Cycladic islands offer an unending display of an evolving landscape, and the artist, through this new visual orientation away from the expected seashore views, encourages the viewer to ponder the unrestrained, even disorderly, wind-swept vistas as fresh interpretations of the Cycladic Island character. Works by Antonios Aspromourgos are currently exhibited at the Lefakis Galleries in Athens, Cyprus, and Brussels. A solo exhibition of works from this current series will be presented in May 2025 at the Lefakis Galleries in Kolonaki and Saint Paul de Vence, in the south of France.
