The Marksman gallery is pleased to announce the first exhibition of new work by Greek artist Sotiris Panousakis, made possible through an international association with The Apartment gallery, Athens, Greece.

‘The neon sign of a railway station canteen or the closed bars of a basemen leather shop in Thessaloniki may seem like mundane images to spur one’s creative vision... Panousakis’s paintings explore disguise and transformation: Public spaces are made to feel like private domains and commercial signs appear like abstract shapes.’ – Herald Tribune, Greece

His new works obtain imagery from such diverse sites as railway stations, shopping centers or the fluorescents of a fairground. These sites easily seduce the viewer into a play of consumption of goods, images, lifestyle. The paintings are based on photographs; each photo is cropped, edited, deconstructed and manipulated. Colours are reformed appearing more transient and unstable. The final painting becomes in the artist’s own words “a representation of a representation.