Dimitris Tampakis Greek, b. 1991
Arousal Pleasure, 2025
etching on zinc & inox frame
42 x 40 cm
16 1/2 x 15 3/4 in
16 1/2 x 15 3/4 in
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In this installation, artist Dimitris Tampakis brings together three metallic mobiles, sharp like weapons, and three oxidised-on-metal photographs, forming a narrative around ancient forms of duelling.Here, the duel is approached...
In this installation, artist Dimitris Tampakis brings together three metallic mobiles, sharp like weapons, and three oxidised-on-metal photographs, forming a narrative around ancient forms of duelling.
Here, the duel is approached as a dialogue, an encounter reminiscent of Platonic conversations, where two figures share the same “weapons”: reason, speech, and defence.
Honour, risk, and participation become ethical codes: the acceptance of danger, the tribute paid simply for taking part, the sacrifice even when the innocent is defeated. The sound of the clash is inaudible to others, heard only by the opponents themselves, like a secret covenant. The installation explores what remains when ritual disappears, how honourable confrontation is transformed into image, into trace, into an uninhabited, silent dialogue.
Provenance
Artist's studioExhibitions
Untitled Miami 2025, Enari Gallery, 2 - 7 December 20251
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