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La Dormition, 127,3x92,7x3.2 cm |
YATRIDES
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THE BIBLICAL ICONS
(Extracts from Professor Bourmeyster's books
and semiotic thesis)
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La Dormition, 127,3x92,7x3.2 cm |
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Yatrides' extract from triptych |
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Iconographical metallogrammes adapted from Yatrides's paintings. Composition : steel - bronze - copper - zinc - titan - gold |
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Painter of the invisible reality, YATRIDES invests all his artistry and heart into executing a perfect painting, he will eliminate all wrong notes, implausibilities and clumsiness which could prejudice the credibility of his project and disrupt the communication that he intends to establish with his public; a communication founded on innocent and total cohesion. There is neither artifice, nor coquetry, nor subjectivity in this relationship. The viewer fully adheres to the contemplation of the work that he confronts, for he has "nothing to find fault with". Its beauty and formal perfection disarm his susceptibilities and his mistrust. He spontaneously adopts that attitude of innocence which frees him from himself f and his limitations, allowing him to accede to a "BELIEF" and to share it with that of the painter.
There are two conceivable sorts of contract with the public -
On the one hand :
The art of reality bearer of Revelation. The ICON, just like Renaissance painting, and YATRIDES ' work, is situated on the threshold of a transfinite world, at the point of entry "into invisible reality". Through his technical mastery, the painter pushes back the boundaries of appearance and leads the viewer into the exploration of an otherwise inaccessible space.
Le Sauveur Trônant, 112.5x68.2x2.8 cm |
St Georges terrassant le Dragon |
Certainly, it is good to know what obstacles YATRIDES the creator came up against, in order to measure the extent of his undertaking and to rid oneself of preconceived ideas; but the essential is to view his works as poetic images and to extend his creative activity through understanding and interpretation. Thus a living dialogue is established between the painter and his travelling companion -the public, a dialogue around a subject that simultaneously transcends them.
On the other hand :
-The art of sentiment is bearer of Confession, if not of confiding. It asserts the constant presence of the painter engaged in perfecting the continuing impress of his mark, rather than perfecting a vision. His sentient approach excludes all possibility of revelation. Hyperrealism itself represents an intended demonstration of artificiality, just as derisory as unexpected for a public with a partiality for "reality".
This being the case, a knowledge of the painter's life becomes an important prerequisite to fully appreciating a work that is the exemplification of it.
To reach one or the other of these two objectives, there are two possible paths :
- The "OUTER" PATH, or rather the path that, from the "exterior", may appear as asceticism, a negation of the artist's Self, a renouncement of proven forms of expression, a purification that opens the way to Revelation.
- The "INNER PATH", the one advocated by BAUDELAIRE and his successors; the exalting of the Self, the sublimation of visions and personal sensations, the revolt against academic norms, the negation of stereotypes, a liberation or rather the "account of this liberation", the poem of one's freedom. The Confession.
YATRIDES, "bearer of revelation", conquers the "Outer path". He is ahead of Science which quests for it.
Théodore Stratilate terrasse le Dragon
Ecole de Novgorod
XVI siècle
Extracts from following documents and works :See : [ The interstellar icons ]
[ Yatridès and other people ] [ Picasso - Yatridès ] [ Vélasquez-Picasso ] [ The Biblical Icons - Yatridès ]
[ Léonard da Vinci ] [ Raphaël ] [ Botticelli ] [ Menzel-Manet ] [ Matisse ] [ Gauguin - Yatridès ]
Official Authorities : "Administrative biography"
Arthur Conte : "Yatridès master of time" SGL 04.03.1991
Sacha Bourmeyster : "Yatridès and his century" , "Yatridès the painter of the invisible reality" ,
"Yatridès, l'anti-Picasso" SGL 24.03.1994, "The Interstellars Icons" SGL 31.03.1994,
"Yatridès and the Bible" SGL 30.10.96
Monographic catalogues 1954-1993 : Exhibitions and Retrospectives YATRIDES
Monographic catalogues : "International Biennials art festivals" Canada-France from 1987 to 1993
(Great Master guest of honour -Grand Maître invité d'honneur)
Events, Schools of painting 1900-1959, 1910-1960, 1910-1965 : USA Events achievment held with works,
of which Yatridès ' paintings, lent by US important prominent Private Collections of the United States
(See in this website "His work" and in "His life" : "Bibliography")
Films, Videos, University theses : YATRIDES ' work has fascinated film-makers, movie-directors, semiologists,
among the best of our time.
See "His life" : "Entourage" in which appear "Jean DELANNOY", "Marcel CARNE" famed movie-Directors,
film-Makers, and in "His work" :
"YATRIDES - KUBRICK".Société des Gens de Lettres et ADAGP
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