Lot 83: PAVLOS (DIONYSOPOULOS) (BORN 1930) Tree signed and dated ‘Pavlos/2006

PAVLOS (DIONYSOPOULOS) (BORN 1930) Tree signed and dated ‘Pavlos/2006’ (lower right); signed and dated ‘Pavlos/2006/PAVLOS’ (on the reverse) Papier Towards the end of the 20th century, under the influence of postmodern tendencies, young and older artists turned to sources of inspiration often neglected during the reign of high modernism. Contemporary trends began to probe deep into history (A. Droungas, G. Derpapas), religion (C. Bokoros, Angelos), bygone civilizations (P. Samios) and the innocence of the pre-industrial world. The modernist formal vocabulary, bequeathed by the 1960s generation, was combined with a nostalgic longing for the values of cultural tradition, echoing the quest for Greekness that marked the legendary 1930s generation. The long neglected figuration, often handled with neo-expressionist fervour (M. Theofylaktopoulos) or enigmatic realism (A. Georgiou), regained its former glory in an effort to redefine cultural identity in the face of an ever increasing global assimilation of cultures and ways of life. d’affiches on panel 60.5 x 75 x 3.6 cm.