Yianni Maggacis

Yianni Maggacis creates a visual conflict between the familiar and the strange through his representation of the strangely familiar liminal space- that which we know and are comfortable with and that which is foreign and unfamiliar. This conflict causes the work to take on new contours, allowing the viewer to actively participate in a construction of a new personalised meaning. Ultimately, a work can only be interpreted, never understood, allowing only for what one might consider a poetic grasp of a work rather than an analytical reading.