re-made... in Greece...

1 Pavlos Tsakonas (born 1983) Greece   Napoleon Wannaparty (2012) acrylic on plywood 93x103cm

2 Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) France   Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801) oil on canvas  261×221cm

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3  Pavlos Tsakonas and Manolis Anastasakos     He is praying for us  (c2010) 600square metres ,  installed, Athens.

4 Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Germany  Praying Hands/ Study for the Hands of an Apostle (1508) drawing 29.1×19.7cm

5 & 6  details indicating scale 

A    streetartnews.net    

The idea was to change the prayer of a man into a prayer [to] god. This mural is a great comment on the social, economic and political crisis taking place in Greece and Europe these days!

“In our confused country with all the social-economical-political issues, we can only turn for help to god.  The [in]ability of the politicians to solve problems, or to be fair, have created a system that destroys our values and of course art. This artwork is a sarcastic statement that god is the only solution left for us.”

B    www.m-anastasakos.com    During 2010, Greece came under the supervision of IMF and EU. The fear of poverty and financial recession has built up a feeling of social unrest. Memories of the Greek riots, according to the media, have created the expectation in Greece and abroad, of new, more violent riots. Influenced by this atmosphere, I am trying to create artworks and series of actions with social profile. My interest is for the behaviors, inner thoughts and the emotions of the people.

I want to give form to feelings that where intuitively provoked by the signs of unrest that I receive from all around me. I use the objects and the symbols that are plentifully scattered in the ruins of our social and political life. I am interested to represent the outcome of every human personhood and inner individuality.