Michalis Rapanakis
ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΡΑΠΑΝΑΚΗΣ
October 2008 @ Galerie Zygos, Kifissias Ave.
A retrospective exhibition of the Greek artist who lives in London, and creates art objects of sculpture with found elements, stones, mosaics, metals, etc.
Rapanakis obtained a B.Sc. in Mathematical Physics from Athens University and an M.Sc. in Systems Engineering from London University followed by a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from London University. He has worked as researcher in Applied Mathematics for the British Steel Co. Labs and lecturer in mathematics.
Rapanakis' interest in non-alphabetical scripts, ancient languages and philosophy is reflected in many of his works. His work and technique is multifaceted and so is the use of different materials (wood, enamel, metal).
His mathematical background-studies in bifurcations of dynamical systems-resurfaces either in the accidental breakage of a stone carving something starting as a dancer bifurcates (brakes) into a bird and an angel and so on, or in his obsession with his handwriting, not as a mere copy of speech but as a creative entropy-reducing process.
Rapanakis obtained a B.Sc. in Mathematical Physics from Athens University and an M.Sc. in Systems Engineering from London University followed by a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from London University. He has worked as researcher in Applied Mathematics for the British Steel Co. Labs and lecturer in mathematics.
Rapanakis' interest in non-alphabetical scripts, ancient languages and philosophy is reflected in many of his works. His work and technique is multifaceted and so is the use of different materials (wood, enamel, metal).
His mathematical background-studies in bifurcations of dynamical systems-resurfaces either in the accidental breakage of a stone carving something starting as a dancer bifurcates (brakes) into a bird and an angel and so on, or in his obsession with his handwriting, not as a mere copy of speech but as a creative entropy-reducing process.
"Torso" by Michalis Rapanakis.
"Torso" by Michalis Rapanakis.
"Iridescent Night" by Michalis Rapanakis.
"Kabuki Dancer" by Michalis Rapanakis.
