Erotic (1990) by Giannis Moralis MOMus - Museum of Contemporary Art - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections

The female human form is the main subject of Moralis's work. The academic approach of his early career gave way in the '50s to more abstract formulations.

In a quest for harmony and balance, in accordance with the fundamental spirit of classical antiquity,  Moralis selected geometry as the ideal means of rendering space and the figures which inhabit it.

Rhythm, order, a shunning of detail and description, and the simple palette which he gradually imposed in the course of an organic evolution underscore an archaic sense of grandeur and fullness.

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