Seikon & Papaleonida - From the North to the Sound
Acrylic on box board,
550 x 1150mm
Robert Seikon (Poland) and Anastasia Papaleonida (Greece) have been collaborating on studio and public works since early 2019, combining their striking abstract styles. Seikon's geometric murals can be found around the world and his studio work has featured in a long list of solo and group shows. Anastasia's recent work explores repetition and dynamic, monochrome abstract forms. Her art has been featured in gallery exhibitions as well as on murals, interacting with the place and surfaces of the buildings where they exist.
Long Trip of the Kokos
“[In] the Philippines we saw a lot of coconuts, and the kokos [sic] were travelling somehow, they go to the water, they were moving by the ocean, falling down, jumping to another island, and maybe we are a little bit like these kokos; travelling, stopping here and leaving this small mark…” – Seikon
Long Trip of the Kokos is the culmination of Anastasia Papaleonida and Robert Seikon’s nearly month-long residency at Fiksate, and their long travels through the Philippines and Aotearoa. The show continues Fiksate’s celebration of abstraction and urban contemporary practice, this time through the lens of a newly formed friendship that has brought the studio to life throughout January. These works represent each artist’s individuality, while also reflecting the combinative approach to image-making forged through their blossoming collaborative process. Seikon’s dynamic shapes and lines and Papaleonida’s accumulative circular forms each render illusionistic effects and sensory responses, tied together through the subtle, shifting gradients and flashes of colour that play against the various shades of black, both masked and exaggerated by the contrasting hard-edged and organic geometric forms. The experience of travelling and working in Aoteroa (including their public wall works across the city), the diverse landscape both natural and built, the people and the conversations, have all inspired and influenced Seikon and Papaleonida’s output, and it is these memories that will remain with the duo when they return to Athens, Greece in mid-February. Watching the two artists work, both collectively and individually, it becomes clear that they value process. Their focus and understanding of the need to come together and allow space is reflected in their ordered workspace and careful organisation of brushes, tape and cups of paint in tonal spectrums. Importantly, this organisation does not stifle the spontaneity of their work, instead it encourages, and the small details become alluring aspects, rewarding inspection and submission to the images’ invitations.
Shipping: Love this artwork but live outside of Christchurch? No worries! Fiksate works with a range of courier services that can cater to your shipping requirements! We work with local and international freight companies who specialise in shipping fragile artwork and can deliver your artwork safe & sound.
Just send us a message and we can get you a shipping quote within 1 business day of your enquiry - info@fiksate.com
Seikon & Papaleonida - From the North to the Sound
Acrylic on box board,
550 x 1150mm
Robert Seikon (Poland) and Anastasia Papaleonida (Greece) have been collaborating on studio and public works since early 2019, combining their striking abstract styles. Seikon's geometric murals can be found around the world and his studio work has featured in a long list of solo and group shows. Anastasia's recent work explores repetition and dynamic, monochrome abstract forms. Her art has been featured in gallery exhibitions as well as on murals, interacting with the place and surfaces of the buildings where they exist.
Long Trip of the Kokos
“[In] the Philippines we saw a lot of coconuts, and the kokos [sic] were travelling somehow, they go to the water, they were moving by the ocean, falling down, jumping to another island, and maybe we are a little bit like these kokos; travelling, stopping here and leaving this small mark…” – Seikon
Long Trip of the Kokos is the culmination of Anastasia Papaleonida and Robert Seikon’s nearly month-long residency at Fiksate, and their long travels through the Philippines and Aotearoa. The show continues Fiksate’s celebration of abstraction and urban contemporary practice, this time through the lens of a newly formed friendship that has brought the studio to life throughout January. These works represent each artist’s individuality, while also reflecting the combinative approach to image-making forged through their blossoming collaborative process. Seikon’s dynamic shapes and lines and Papaleonida’s accumulative circular forms each render illusionistic effects and sensory responses, tied together through the subtle, shifting gradients and flashes of colour that play against the various shades of black, both masked and exaggerated by the contrasting hard-edged and organic geometric forms. The experience of travelling and working in Aoteroa (including their public wall works across the city), the diverse landscape both natural and built, the people and the conversations, have all inspired and influenced Seikon and Papaleonida’s output, and it is these memories that will remain with the duo when they return to Athens, Greece in mid-February. Watching the two artists work, both collectively and individually, it becomes clear that they value process. Their focus and understanding of the need to come together and allow space is reflected in their ordered workspace and careful organisation of brushes, tape and cups of paint in tonal spectrums. Importantly, this organisation does not stifle the spontaneity of their work, instead it encourages, and the small details become alluring aspects, rewarding inspection and submission to the images’ invitations.
Shipping: Love this artwork but live outside of Christchurch? No worries! Fiksate works with a range of courier services that can cater to your shipping requirements! We work with local and international freight companies who specialise in shipping fragile artwork and can deliver your artwork safe & sound.
Just send us a message and we can get you a shipping quote within 1 business day of your enquiry - info@fiksate.com