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Sometimes the form remains white while the background is covered by a uniform flat color, similar to ancient Greek black-figure pottery. In Bridegroom, an early work, aside from the unusual green palette, all the elements of his enterprise are already present: the intentionally simplified drawing, folk iconography, and a narrative style. The striped suit is a reference to his \u201cteacher\u201d Yannis Tsarouchis, who frequently used this motif in his pictures of young working-class men in the late 1930s. The white stripes in both cases are created by scraping off the paint. The poetic element is emphasized by the groom\u2019s windblown hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student of Yannis Moralis, Alekos Fassianos is one of the descendants of the Thirties Generation and shares its ideology regarding the creation of a Greek modernism. 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