Dimitris Tampakis Greek, b. 1991
Charmides D.III., 2025
Pair of casted recycled aluminium
height 70 cm
height 27 1/2 in
height 27 1/2 in
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The duel here is approached as a dialogue, a confrontation that recalls the Platonic conversations. Charmides is precisely that: A contest between two figures armed with the same ‘weapons’ (speech,...
The duel here is approached as a dialogue, a confrontation that recalls the Platonic conversations.
Charmides is precisely that:
A contest between two figures armed with the same ‘weapons’ (speech, reason, counter-arguments).
There is no physical violence, but an intellectual duel that functions like a ritual.
In the series of sculptures “Charmides”, Dimitris Tampakis explores this very idea, presenting the encounter as a sculptural embodiment of philosophical tension and ritualised intellectual conflict.