Maria Charalambous

Latest work-Paintings

These are some of my latest paintings.. Im trying to explore the colour and the power of the figure.. A painting for me especially the colour combination is like a language.. every single colour is against the other, its like an aswer..but all together create a beautiful result..I wanna paint only things that i find interesting. It could be a face,a body,a hat, a simple wall,anything that gives me inspiration..Human body for me is real art,its alive,its so passionate..I dont really care about the actual reality of the body, i dont want a plastic description, i wanna go deeper.. Whats my impression of that body? I wanna show you the energy, the pathos and the enthusiasm of that real body.. The contradiction of the colours is something wonderful..
Anyways im trying to improve my skills , and im not talking only about the colour but the way that i 'feel' a painting, as well..

Sometimes its not only about the colour of the reality..you can see the rhythm of the colours..one against the other..Im not thinking this is a body,this is a woman...this is something that gives me energy and i want to make a painting thats it,,so im expressing my feelings through this way..

Ive been trying to get inspired from various of artists that i really like their work like

Francis Bacon, Freud Lucian, Jenny Saville,Elaine De Kooning,Marlen Dumas and Wangeshi Mutu.

Experimenting with the collaboration team

This is an experiment-video, trying to get into the editing video thing.. I really like the video i think that its a really powerful media and you can achieve anything you want with that. Make people laugh,angry,anxious anything you want...Unfortunately as a team nobody of us was an expert in editing or editing software. It was something new but very interesting!!

Art experience in Fast-forward

A funny video in Berlin recorded in one of Berlin's galleries but unfortunately i dont remember the name. Anyways, we were observing the art pieces for hours, beautiful paintings,sculptures,videos. It was a wonderful experience, a chance for us to think out of the box, to help ourselves to take a closer view of different art and culture. This video is a funny version of that gallery visit. Enjoy :)

Galleries in Berlin

A wonderful painting. I like the combination of the colours , its like a 'language', the one colour is the answer against the other. Spontaneous strokes. I like the fact that you can recognise that is a man but the figure is not full realistic and it gives me in this way a strong pathos.