"Inshelled" (2020)Pencil drawing by Andromachi Giannopoulou

Pencil portrait.

The artwork was exhibited in a group show in Athens "on the magic mountain" , having as a starting point the well known novel by Thomas Mann.

{I have always been interested in spaces in dreams (rooms, labyrinths, passages etc) and my research lead me to Gaston Bachellard's "The poetics of Space". I found in that book many images, symbols and thoughts I had been using in my work and in my fantasies since I was a child. Shells, nests, connected rooms, caves and shelters are some of the spaces that inspire me.}

"I guess there is not much space left in my shell. It can't protect me anymore. I might not need protection anyway. I will let my secrets free, some of them have already escaped. I can't even remember what those secrets were. Maybe they were just my wonderful, yet problematic fantasies." (from my notebook)

Part of a group of artworks I call "The Poetics of Space"

Materials used:

pencil

Details:

• Pencil drawing on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 49 x 62 x 2cm (framed) / 46.5 x 62cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed certificate of authenticity
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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