Artist Riccardo Matlakas

The Appearance of Things 100x100cm. Oil and Acrylic on canvas. The substance of Things represents what is clear but cannot be seen by unaware eyes, and only those who worked on themselves, spiritually are able to see clearly what is unseen by the average.

I am multidisciplinary artist working across several media such as performance, installation, sculpture, painting and media. As I have been working internationally in the past years I find an anthropological essence in what I do and a great connection with each context i work and research in. My current work focuses on the deconstruction of dogmas, questioning the existence of how we live in our society. I re-create departure platforms for new ways of thinking.

The Great Welcome 100x100cm. Acrylic on canvas. The great welcome is inspired by a society with fully aware human beings, who have astonishing qualities and full understanding of the world and how to behave in it. In this scene a crowd of refugees coming from the sea are fully welcome from a crowd of the land their are coming into. This is a joyful celebration of humanity for what it should be and hopefully become. This subject is one of usual related subject I choose in my work so to raise awareness through great art.

My work relies on intuition and flexibility adapting itself in every situation, that also when I decide to use a certain media in a particular project, I tend to go for the most communicative and and more direct way to touch the audience/viewer. As I believe us as human beings are just at the start of unfolding our true potential, I use my work as a tool to envision how would be the world with a different and positive state of mind. With my performance work i like working directly in urban spaces so to connect directly with locals and the community, documenting and reporting the action that took place in urban spaces into a gallery set-up, through, video, photos, relics and installation.

A cellular Transformation 100x100cm. Oil and Acrylic on canvas. A cellular Transformation meditates upon the world struggle to become a better one, which potentially could but with many obstacles on the way. In this painting a sailor and all the sea Fauna are going through a cellular transformation which eventually will see the world finally beginning a positive change.

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Website: http://www.matlakas.co.uk