About Tsiaras
Phillip Tsiaras Private Myths are an important advance in the surrealist tradition of 20th century art .
Bretton ’ s Manifesto suggest the way Tsiaras ’ works are an advanced surreality .
Traditional surrealism had a morbid curiosity about pathology .
In contrast , Tsiaras ’ surrealism transcends such morbidity . Indeed , the sense of pleasure that emanates from his work , his fantasies of the self , and of the world , seem so positively charged with healthy erotic pleasure , as to deny the power of mental pathology , and even to suggest it can be overcome .
It is though Tsiaras wants to remind us , that the self and the world , however diseased , can be enjoyed .
Donald Kuspit , Critic , New York City
Philip Tsiaras ’ pictures are a concentrate , an individual reception to the last forty years of cultural history . His images possess an intensity which link the imagination with collective experience to surpass the individual , and speak out to the vital consciousness of an entire generation …
Tsiaras ’ art deliberately engages the dynamic fields of different cultural influences , which have shaped and continue to shape his individual reality . Out of this arise strong , willful artworks whose power have universal dimension .
Martin Stather , Director Kunstverein of Mannheim , Germany
Tsiaras is , above all , “ ancient blood in a modern organism ”, raised and educated in an advanced American culture ; assuming that “ Mediterranean ” is not only a geographic connotation but also way of understanding a complicated and mutable cultural dimension .
Angelo Pauletti , Director Municipal Director of Culture , Feltre , Italy .
Tireless and resourceful Tsiaras processes moods and ideas through subjects such as colored vases , stiletto shoes , pistols , airplanes , horses and circles . He remains supported by EUROBAK
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