Jannis Varelas

Varelas, Jannis





Jannis Varelas was born 1977 BirthAthens, Greece.
Lives and works in HomeAthens and London, UK.

Categories: Collage Drawing Sculpture Objects Athens Biennale

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Jannis Varelas works include a gigantic hybrid figure which is portrayed as a delicate mixture of man, woman and beast. The bearded and peculiar character wears high heels and animalistic masks. In an environment of palm trees, tropical fruits and colourful parrots you discover a man who moons in front of a school or people reaching for and worshiping a mighty deity equipped with an umbrella functioning as a symbol of power or feminine attribute…
Untitled, 2006. pencil, pen, charcoal and collage on paper
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“Proposal for the Facades of the Trade Union Square”

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