Alessandra Dimitra * Painting

Pánta Rhéi

Tracing the human signs in the paintings by Alessandra Dimitra

Art review by Vassiliki Athena Vayenou, Art historian

There are two main elements that the viewer of Alessandra Dimitra’s
paintings observes even at a first encounter with them: the drawing of
her compositions from a rich vocabulary of ‘personal mythology’ and
the treatment of the painting process as a ritual act.
On the paintings’ surfaces gather familiar people involved in everyday
situations, albeit the complexity of the relations between them and
the surrounding space reveals an essential effort for understanding
the human condition and an artistic usage of archetypical symbols
aiming at the discovery of a road to the Transcendental.
In her works the figures of contemporary humans find their place
in ancient myths and take on the roles of gods, heroes and mortals,
merging the past with the present, space with time,
reality with the metaphysical.

The figures, which are characterised by technical precision and
discipline, elevate themselves to psychographs that come to life
through their communication and interaction, which is so dynamic
and immediate that it activates senses beyond that of sight.
In the depiction of the characteristics of the form the gestural way
of painting is especially evident. The turbulent motion of the brush,
combined with the large amount of colour and its application in
multiple layers, creates the effect of relief, which does not destroy
its expressiveness but enhances it.