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IN THE RESIDENCY
October-November 2014
TANO
Greece
tano_papas@yahoo.gr // www.tano.gr
Since i was young, i wondered what was it that mad Fine Arts,
especially painting, so important. Why certain paintings have the
aura of the sublime. After years of pondering with the question i
made some observations. It was not about the idea. It was never
about the concept. The aura, the actual impact that a painting has,
comes from the metaphysical properties of it. The detectable and
the undetectable vibrations of the artwork. The effect that it has
on the viewers soul. Regardless of the subject of the painting,
be it religious, abstract, landscape, there are artworks that have
these properties and affect people throughout history regardless
of ones cultural background and personal preferences. I came to
realize that paintings that actually have metaphysical properties
should be considered Icons. These paintings are religious icons of
a crosspieces, DNA coded,global religion. An uncharted, dogma
dismissive, primitive religion. The artist is the Shaman of this
religion. He is the medium through which images from other
planes of existence come and appear in our dimension. There is
a variety of planes that human beings are connected with. The
collective subconscious, the collective unconscious and other more
elusive ones described by spiritual traditions. The better trained,
the better the “cable” the artist is, the better the transmission,
the artwork, should be. That exactly is the supreme task of the
artist. To train himself like a monk. Become a better receiver. Be a
spiritual figure in a cynical, profit driven, scientifically defined, age.