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Carlos Navarrete 2013
"It is because a great part of the strength of the colour that inhabits her work comes from her inner self, thus, her work as a visual artist is the reflex of that light that she has inside." Carlos Navarrete The Power of Color in the Paintings of Daphne Anastassiou "In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is - as it physically is. This fact makes of the colour the most relative means in art." Josef Albers We live in a…
Concepción Balmes 2009
CONCEPCIÓN BALMES, (2009) "Through a sensitive and musical colouring her work come to us like a breath of fresh and spring-like air. Her compositions are populated with characters that are interwoven in shape and colour, creating a pattern that lights up an original and dynamic universe." Concepcion Balmes Painter of dreams. Psychologist by profession, Daphne Anastassiou is basically a creator, a painter of dreams. Her unique work arises from a…
Edward Shaw 2010
EDWARD SHAW, (2010) "Her work is a celebration of joy, of colour and of the tension of the form. The artist gives herself entirely in the process and aspires to bewitch the spectators: a curse that can conjure eternally joy and ties in equal parts." Edward Shaw Painting between the lines. Daphne draws on her condition as a woman, her Greek heritage, her knowledge of psychology and her raw talent to etch her essence on canvas. The visual result…
Gina Benvenuto 2011
"Pinta la luz, el color, la llama y el flujo de la vida." Gina Benvenuto Todos los fuegos, el fuego COMO UNA "PROMETEA" FEMENINA, MODERNA, LA ARTISTA DE ORIGEN GRIEGO PINTA, Y AL HACERLO REGALA EL FUEGO VITAL QUE FLAMEA Y LLAMEA EN TODA VIDA HUMANA. Pinta la luz, el color, la llama y el flujo de la vida. Es el robo a los dioses del fuego mítico para iluminar al hombre - oscuro y oscurecido- en las poluciones de su alma, lo que la artista Daphne…
Natalia Arcos 2010
"The betrayal to the realistic representation of the visible world is in Daphne Anastassiou the explorer engine of subconscious, what makes her explode also the surface of the work." Natalia Arcos Painting in continuous trance. As soon as I met her for the first time, I knew that Daphne Anastassiou was an explorer. She belongs to that category of human beings who prefer to venture into the unknown rather than be builders, intermediaries or…
MARIO FONSECA (2009)
Independent Curator "The density that we observe in Daphne Anastassiou's works constitutes the succession of incursions that have passed through the format, coating it with memories and promises over which the artist will trace later the profile of her protagonists."" Curatorial Mario Fonseca Daphne Anastassiou and the painting. Painting is an action that converts the flat surface of a canvas into a horizon; this is, however, a fiction. From the…