Despina Konstantinou
With references to the poem The Loves of the Plants by the English philosopher, poet and naturalist Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), the compositions of Despina Konstantinou introduce us to a peculiar, colorful and lively, plant world, in direct correspondence and superimposition with the human, where sexuality plays the leading role. The cacti are transformed into phallic and pubic symbols, the combinations and encounters between them come to convey the impression of direct physical experience and carnal contact, to critically approach the stereotypical rivalry of the two sexes, to open in the areas of hermaphroditism, bisexuality, to capture relations of power, manipulation, domination and submission, to allegorically contrast the flooded juices inside their hard and thorny shell, to convey the momentum of desire, sensuality and lust of union, to visualize the feelings of and pleasure, violence and pleasure.
Giannis Bolis, Art Historian
She was born in Serres, lives and works in Thessaloniki.
She studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under G. Tsakiris and K. Mortarakos. (2003-2008)
She has presented her work in six solo exhibitions (Nicosia, Athens, Veria, Xanthi). He has also participated in numerous exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Her works are in private collections in Greece and abroad.
