Relics from the future

Marius Melissas is pleased to present his second show: RELICS from the future. After his previous exhibition last September (Bio Pigments Atelier), the young artist has further developed his techniques and their potential as works of art. Entirely based on his own experimentation with natural materials, micro-algae in particular, he has been able to find a way to better blend his pigments and to superpose layers of paint one on top of the other. Like the technique, the visual language of Marius has evolved too. RELICS from the future, as the name implies, tries to revive the power of ancient abstract art in the context of our day and the challenges the ecosystems of our planet face.

For Marius, abstract art is the purest, rawest expression of Nature; it is something to experience directly, intuitively and without thought. If Nature is a physical manifestation of life energy, the artist is abstracting it in his mind’s eye, bending and recasting it as he feels. Drawing inspiration from prehistoric depictions and symbols, the 14 paintings here shown seem ancient, mysterious, and long-forgotten, as though they were objects fished up from a sunken ship on the seabed,  fragments of an old temple wall, decaying remnants of abandoned shrines…

While the meaning of ancient symbols may be lost on us today, Marius believes their spirit isn’t. Made from biological substances and through fusing techniques old and new, these ‘relics’ are affirmations of Marius’ faith, that in the future man can live in greater harmony with his environment, and that art, a language we all speak, can show us how.