Areti Karabela, Pandelis Vlasiou

Artist Statements Areti Karabela

My work explores the transformation of line into form and its evolution into a material body. Through drawing, small-scale sculpture, and paper-based sculptural works, I create hybrid forms and organic structures that exist between image and space. Animal forms function as agents of transformation, while the paper sculptures develop as microcosms that suggest broader, open-ended worlds. Despite their perforated and fragile nature, these structures, through a spiral process of growth, gradually acquire density and a strong spatial presence. Collaboration is a central aspect of my practice, where different artistic languages coexist without fully merging. In this way, the works become sites of encounter, where form remains open, shifting, and in continuous transformation.

Pandelis Vlasiou

In my works with Chinese ink on paper, I seek an immediate and honest relationship between the hand and the surface. Without the coverage of color, painting becomes an instantaneous gesture in which black defines intensity while white functions as a field of light and silence. I focus on the dynamics of the line and the unpredictability of the stain, transforming this traditional medium into a contemporary psychological expression. For me, ink does not merely depict form, but records the energy of a moment that cannot be corrected. Through this process, I explore themes of decay, hope, and solitude, seen through a lens that balances between representation and abstraction.

Title: 
Animals

Kind: 
Brooch

Materials: Paper, Ink, Brass, Pigment