Vibrant colors-on the streets, in pots of flowers and solitary trees-are fueling the latest effort by Nicholas Moore, a British artist living in Greece. (…)
“I’m living on a Greek island in what used to be a farm, surrounded by a garden,” Moore says. “I suppose one has to work at happiness. It doesn’t just come.”
At the Martinos gallery, Moore demonstrates just how hard he works in search of happiness by presenting his latest crop of works, all produced in the last four years. His most recent works are images from the streets of Athens, a city in motion, undergoing cultural changes.(…) Moore paints moments in the life of a city’s newfound multiculturalism: a greengrocer and rubber stamp maker on Evripidou and Athinas, the Babul Hair Cutting Barber on Evripidou, an outdoor vendor selling Christmas decorations on Praxitelous.
“Athenian streets reminds me of Soho, in London, where I grew up,” Moore says. “There is an ethnic mix combined with an old fashion feel.”(…)
And then, of course, there’s Syros, where the artist displays a particular attraction for the island’s Neorion shipyards. Situated at the tip of the island’s capital, the industrialized area carries a long history and comes as a stark contrast to Ermoupolis’s neoclassical manner.(…)
“I have never found living in Greece difficult, besides missing friends and family at times,” the artist says. “Besides, Greeks are extremely forgiving with bad Greek. I feel at home here.”. Kathimerini English Edition, 3/6/2005