Artists: Martin Piaček & Vasilis Avramidis

The exhibition Fluid Orders opens a dialogue between two seemingly divergent artistic positions that nevertheless draw on a similar art-historical and anthropological foundation. While Vasilis Avramidis uses the canvas as his medium, Martin Piaček chooses marble to create his current sculptural works. In their carefully conceived compositions, both artists oscillate between figuration and abstraction, leaving sufficient space for viewers to decipher the works individually.

Vasilis Avramidis generates his visual motifs from a deep connection to nature, a thorough engagement with the works of the Old Masters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and supplements these with architectural references and complexly orchestrated compositions of light. Recurring subjects—such as towering trees, moss, or overgrown architectural remnants—hint at the passage of time and the accompanying transformation of topoi. His compositions do not follow a linear narrative; they emerge through a kind of montage composed of personal memories, experiences, references and artistic models from art history, as well as contemporary impressions. Avramidis gradually superimposes multiple pictorial spaces and connects them associatively. The narrative remains open, and viewers are actively involved in the production of meaning.

In Avramidis’ works, the human figure appears merely as a trace; its presence seems like a slight hint in the space, even when it is constantly engaged in seemingly mundane everyday activities. Faces are deliberately omitted or only rudimentarily recognizable, as they would reveal too much, communicate too clearly or become too much like protagonists. The figures are gradually absorbed by nature, giving rise to a fused structure in which flora and fauna consistently dominate. Architecture, by contrast, serves as a counterpoint to organic wilderness. Wherever a built element appears, landscape suddenly becomes place. (…)

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