XARILAOS

The artmaker

The story behind the art

The conception

Xarilaos is a self-taught artist born in Athens in 1960. His interest in fine arts began at a very young age . The very art that actually drew his attention was the creation of sculptural compositions resulting from combinations of contradictory materials. His love for this form of expression led him  to the constant discovery of techniques and approaches of the art of sculpting. The materials he chooses are mainly wood (objets trouvés) and pebbles.

Having a particular interest for both pine and vine trees, he always chooses materials that leave an artistic imprint and have often survived one or more natural disasters.

 

Xarilaos

The creation

The various artistic stimuli he has received during his lifetime have indirectly underlined his work, the final form of which he began to capture at the beginning of 2016.

To this date, he has created hundreds of unique artifacts having wood as their main material. His work is divided into 6 complete collections (Collections: Lilliput, Maxima, Medium, Mega, Pendula and Vitis).

Xarilaos

The making

His workshop is located in Paianιa in a large area of trees that he takes care of himself. The ability of nature to create art was always moving to Xarilaos and it can be considered as the reference point of his inspiration journey.

The collections

Lilliput Collection-L2_Siffleur

Lilliput Collection

Maxima Collection-Max2_Female

Maxima Collection

Medium Collection-Med3_Halterophilie

Medium Collection

Mega Collection-Μ6_Nido di cicogna

Mega Collection

Pendula Collection-P5_Serpent ygrec

Pendula Collection

Vitis Collection-V4 Elephant-boxeur

Vitis Collection

XARILAOS

pairing contradictions

“Nature’s intensities and contradictions have always been deeply moving, to my eyes.

I find the way the wood complements the pebble particularly charming, even though they are such different and contradictory materials.”