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Nicholas Vargelis

For this exhibition I will be showing a series of large format silkscreen prints taken from photographs. In transforming the image from a photo to a silkscreen, I am reducing the image to a more graphic statement, removing detail and focusing more on space, angles, and contrast.

In my work, I find myself repeatedly drawn towards urban environments that evoke a sense of past, particularly the early 20th century. . I tend to work with decaying structures and abandoned space that allow me to find the essence of the space, where the layers are revealed and the elements stripped down to essentials, approaching a hyper reality where the past and the future blur into one.



 
       
  Nicholas Vargelis