In 1918, 40 long years after the first manifestation of the symptoms of a deviating behaviour which led to the artist\u2019s institutionalisation for 14 years, Yannoulis Chalepas\u2019s second period as an artist began. During that time, Chalepas exhibited a totally different style: free and spontaneous, independent of academic training, guided by ancient Greek art. He now focused on the essence of each work, as he was not interested in detailed processing, refinement, or idealisation. His figures now became introverted (\u201cSt Barbara and Hermes\u201c), solid and imposing (\u201cMedea III\u201c), almost hieratic at times (\u201cHermes, Pegasus and Aphrodite\u201c). He gives, using spare means, the tone in the pose or facial expression and transforms his works into psychographic portraits (\u201cSt Barbara and Hermes\u201c,\u201cResting female figure\u201c,\u201cHermes, Pegasus and Aphrodite\u201c). Moreover, several complementary elements, probably of an obscure symbolic meaning (\u201cMedea III\u201c), often add to the main theme and give a surreal tone to the work as a whole. The artist made clay models, not seeking a more finished version; he was engaged in several works at the same time. Not using an internal frame, he continued to make works inspired by the Greek antiquity and mythology (\u201cSt Barbara and Hermes\u201c, \u201cHermes, Pegasus and Aphrodite\u201c, \u201cMedea III\u201c), figures inspired by the urban environment, or his village (\u201cHarvester\u201c, \u201cHunter\u201c), female nudes (\u201cReclining female figure\u201c, \u201cSmall reclining female figure\u201c), different-scale figures combined, as well as his characteristic as much as hard to interpret works (\u201cThe secret\u201c,\u201c The thought\u201c, \u201cSt Barbara and Hermes\u201c), selecting themes suggestive of his personal experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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