The common thread in the work of Dimitris Zouroudis is neither form, nor style or his perception of space, but rather his consistent investigation of alternative artistic practices, in the pursuit of crafting and disseminating his message. He often creates modular compositions, arranged on wide surfaces, creating narrative events, in which discourse is either naturally immanent or presented in symbolic forms and special codes that turn it into imagery.
In some cases, symbols can be traced to easily identifiable cultural and religious traditions, but even then, their treatment by the artist and, primarily, their spatial arrangement encourage the viewer to wonder what one is seeing. Without being guided to any specific viewpoint or violent invalidation of his/her deep beliefs, the spectator is still incited by the movement of the body and the application of a critical perspective to find his/her own orientation and attempt his/her personal synthesis of the components presented as “fundamental” and nonnegotiable elements of identity, such as ethnicity or religion.
Syrago Tsiara
Poster of the Exhibition
