Kostas Kampouropoulos – The Ventriloquist

$5,900

Kostas Kampouropoulos (1939-2018)
The Ventriloquist
painted between 2007-2016
oil on canvas
70 x 50 cm.

1 in stock

Description

Artist/Maker: Kostas Kampouropoulos (1939-2018)

Object/Materials and Techniques: Oil on canvas

Date: Painted between 2007-2016

Dimensions: H. 70 cm. x W. 50 cm.

Art style: Portraiture/Romantic elements with surrealistic expressionistic structures/Abstract art

Current Location: Private collection

Curator’s note: An imaginary moment of a ventriloquist’s scene, inspired by Victor Hugo’s historical masterpiece novel ‘Les Misérables’. On the right, a dwarf puppet can be seen, the ventriloquist’s prop. Along with a carefully mixed depiction of his own portrait as a teenager, the painter creates a sensation of mystery and revelation by making use of a soft shadow colour range and creating a lively contrast with the lighter spots.