One's very own existence makes an art expression.
You search inwards, in your memories of creative
comparisons to that vital force.
You search for the energy of Eros, the power of life, and
you find it like in a story of Roland Barthes, you find it,
scandalous and innocent, transgressive and immodest,
in the thoughts of Philip Tsiaras.
Gianni Monduzzi, Author, Bologna, Italy
Philip Tsiaras is neither an exile nor refugee. He
loves the magnificence of the American surface, the
multiethnic contamination, the exaggeration of goods
as well as the radicality of everyday existence, which
can be a fairy tale or a nightmare.
Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Curator,
World Exhibition Association, Venice
In Transparent Mirrors, the silvered installation is
designed to conceal the danger of Tsiaras’ lethal
sculptures and glass, which disguise the blow aimed at
the visitor’ s heart. The visitor who does not anticipate
this experience, will find himself haunted and hunted
by the works of art, which are mutating, luminous and
darkly fascinating.
Maurizio Sciaccaluga, Curator,
Venice Biennale 2003
In Tsiaras there is the impulse to inform everything
that the artist touches. So much so that the subjects
and their symbols ceased to be the main focus. What
does become increasingly evident, is the power painting
and the methodology of the image making process that
superimposes itself, totally naturally, on anything the
artist does. This fluidity is what Philip Tsiaras is.
Marco Meneguzzo, Art Historian,
Accademia di Belle Arte di Brera, Milano.
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