Pavlos is a Greek artist identified with the New Realism movement, known for his paper collages that explore the surface of the everyday. He was born in Filiatra in 1930 and graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Athens in 1953. The following year, he was awarded a scholarship to study drawing at the Académie de la Grand Chaumière in Paris, France. Upon his return to Greece, Pavlos worked in entertainment and theatre, before his interest in Pop Art grew. Following a three-year stay in Paris beginning in 1958, where he became acquainted with New Realism, he gave up painting and began to create collages with thin strip of paper cut up from magazines and posters. Each shred of paper used in the work resembles a coloured line, and together perfectly depict the vibrations that are stirred up between shape and colour. These densely coloured works depict the objects of everyday life: shirts on hangers, ties, curtains, socks, fruit bowls and bottles. Pavlos is less interested in the image of objects proper, as he is in “the philosophy that generates the image and makes it a symbol of society.” Removed from their natural context, simple daily objects become glossy consumer products, acquiring indomitable mesmerising qualities and speaking to the consumerist spirit of our current era.
Selected works
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - FLAG OF ITALY
TITLE: FLAG OF ITALY MEDIUM: SILKSCREEN INSIDE A PLEXIGLASS DIMENSIONS: 70χ100 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND NUMBERED (6/64) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - GLASS
TITLE: GLASS MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXIGLAS BOX DIMENSIONS: 30X28 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - SOCKS
TITLE: SOCKS MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE WITH POSTER PAPER INSIDE PLEXIGLASS DIMENSIONS: 45X50 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1981) ON THE BACK
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - WHEATS
TITLE: WHEATS MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXI BOX DIMENSIONS: 37Χ52 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1987) ON THE BACK SIDE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1939 - 2019) - SOCKS
TITLE: SOCKS MEDIUM: POSTER PAPER IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 63,5Χ120 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1971) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - (1930-2019) - SHIRT
TITLE: SHIRT MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE WITH POSTER PAPER IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 45X28 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (2007) ON THE BACK SIDE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - CHAMPAGNE GLASS
CHAMPAGNE GLASS MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXIGLASS 20χ32 CM SIGNED AND DATED (2014) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - SCARPINI
SCARPINI MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXIGLASS 116Χ133 CM. SIGNED AND DATED (1997) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - TIES
TIES MIXED TECHNIQUE ON PAPER IN A PLEXI BOX 70 Χ 90 CM SIGNED AND DATED (2000) ON THE BACK SIDE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - TREE
TITLE: TREE MEDIUM: POSTER PAPER AND ACRYLIC ON PPLYWOOD DIMENSIONS: 32χ20χ20 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED DATED (2001) AND NNUMBERED (46/50) ON THE BASE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOYLOS (1930 - 2019) - HEART
TITLE: HEART MEDIUM: MARKERS ON PAPER DIMENSIONS: 30X40 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (2007) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - FLAG OF ITALY
TITLE: FLAG OF ITALY MEDIUM: SILKSCREEN INSIDE A PLEXIGLASS DIMENSIONS: 70χ100 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND NUMBERED (6/64) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - GLASS
TITLE: GLASS MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXIGLAS BOX DIMENSIONS: 30X28 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - SOCKS
TITLE: SOCKS MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE WITH POSTER PAPER INSIDE PLEXIGLASS DIMENSIONS: 45X50 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1981) ON THE BACK
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1930 - 2019) - WHEATS
TITLE: WHEATS MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXI BOX DIMENSIONS: 37Χ52 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1987) ON THE BACK SIDE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS (1939 - 2019) - SOCKS
TITLE: SOCKS MEDIUM: POSTER PAPER IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 63,5Χ120 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1971) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - (1930-2019) - SHIRT
TITLE: SHIRT MEDIUM: MIXED TECHNIQUE WITH POSTER PAPER IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 45X28 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (2007) ON THE BACK SIDE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - CHAMPAGNE GLASS
CHAMPAGNE GLASS MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXIGLASS 20χ32 CM SIGNED AND DATED (2014) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - SCARPINI
SCARPINI MIXED TECHNIQUE IN A PLEXIGLASS 116Χ133 CM. SIGNED AND DATED (1997) BELOW
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - TIES
TIES MIXED TECHNIQUE ON PAPER IN A PLEXI BOX 70 Χ 90 CM SIGNED AND DATED (2000) ON THE BACK SIDE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOULOS - TREE
TITLE: TREE MEDIUM: POSTER PAPER AND ACRYLIC ON PPLYWOOD DIMENSIONS: 32χ20χ20 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED DATED (2001) AND NNUMBERED (46/50) ON THE BASE
PAVLOS DIONYSSOPOYLOS (1930 - 2019) - HEART
TITLE: HEART MEDIUM: MARKERS ON PAPER DIMENSIONS: 30X40 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (2007) BELOW