Personal Narrative Internal Journeys
Interview with Christina Michalopoulou “When painting, I feel a whole, solid piece of material of existence, powerful yet vulnerable.” by Leene Pärtel
I had the pleasure of interviewing Christina Michalopoulou, a Thessaloniki based contemporary artist. She experiments with a broad variety of art styles; her work can be described as a “constant battle between abstractionism and realism”. Can you tell me about your artistic journey?
I returned to painting 7 years ago after a long hiatus. It would seem that I was gathering images and shapes during that time. I was building an unconscious archive that lived somewhere underneath my breath. They have all been pour-
Christina Michalopoulou
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ing out since then, unstoppable, in acrylic and oil, in abstraction and hyperreal figuration, in blossoming color and start monochrome. My work is a constant battle between abstraction and realism. Creating figurative, photorealistic
“But, when I started working more and more on abstraction, I realized that people felt so much happier, more comfortable and more touched by the endless meanings, the pure feeling and the freedom of abstraction in my paintings.”
© Leene Pärtel
