The\nsubject of the female figure is an integral part of Gounaropoulos\u2019s creative\nworld. From his oil paintings to his works in charcoal and pastels, even when\ntheir subject is not his airy \u2018oceanids\u2019 or \u2018caryatids\u2019, we can discern female\nbodies, hands, thighs, faces. The female presence in his work seems to be\nlinked to the primitive worship of the Great Mother-Goddess (Mother Earth),\nwhen she was revered in all her natural manifestations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many\nof his paintings portray the female form as airy and idealized, rising through\nthe shrouds of a watery mystic atmosphere: fairies, mermaids, and nymphs, subjects\nassociated with the childhood experiences of a boy growing up by the sea, and\nimages rooted in the sphere of the imagination and the subconscious. These\nimages are linked to the creative liberation that Gounaropoulos must have\nexperienced through his contact with surrealism, and they express a delicate\neroticism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gounaropoulos\u2019s\nfemale figures have inspired poets, such as Andreas Embiricos<\/a> and Giorgos Pavlatos<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The subject of the female figure is an integral part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1129,"template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"artworks-categories":[15,16],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n