Vitis Collection

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ArtWork

-Genie d'Aladdin-

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera), dark brown in color with light colored “waters”. It is mounted on a marble base. Undulating figure that brings a large, light-colored, oval pebble. Resembles a genie trying to get out of a magic lamp.

Dimensions: 53cm (length) × 30cm (width) × 27cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 4.000gr

-Elephant/boxeur-

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera), dark brown in color with light colored “waters”. Elephant-like figure “hugging” a rough pebble.

Dimensions: 42cm (length) × 13cm (width) × 18cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 2.620gr

-Nue allongée sur la plage-

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera), dark brown in color with light colored “waters”. A female figure that brings a pebble. It symbolizes relaxation and “farniente”.

Dimensions: 34cm (length) × 16cm (width) × 11cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 2.346gr

Vitis Collection-V5 Nue allongée sur la plage

- Priape de Chirico-

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera), dark brown in color with light colored “waters”. It stands on a marble base and bears a small head-pebble of the De Chirico type. It exudes danceability and joy.

Dimensions: 30cm (length) × 21cm (width) × 15cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 2.005gr

-Fumée-

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera) dark brown in color with light colored “waters”. Three branches rise and a large pebble sits at the base. It resembles smoke rising up to the heavens.

Dimensions: 52cm (length) × 30cm (width) × 18cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 2.562gr

-Peloton-

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera), dark brown in color with light colored “waters”. Perplexed piece of wood that brings a medium-sized light colored pebble. Resembles the Gordian Knot.

Dimensions: 28cm (length) × 30cm (width) × 22cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 1.950gr

-J'offre mon oeuf -

Year of creation: 2016

Description: Vine trunk (Vitis vinifera), dark brown in color with “waters”. It is mounted on a marble base and bears a large, light-colored, oval pebble.

Dimensions: 30cm (length) × 20cm (width) × 13cm (height)

Total artifact weight: 876gr

A few more words on

Vitis collection

Dominant fiction

The “Vitis” collection consists exclusively of vine trunks. It bears great emotional weight for Xarilaos, as a vine trunk was the starting point of his artistic journey.

Dominant features of this collection are the color contradictions between the dark surfaces of the exterior wood and the light-colored lines.

These are the projects with the longest processing process due to the heterogeneity of the surface. Their final form was chosen after careful carving of dents and the application of various wood processing techniques (sanding, immersion in an oil tank and varnishing with special varnishes).
The figures usually look like animals or/and science fiction creatures that are often mysterious and scary.