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Dimitri comes from a long line of Greek sculptors dating back to the
2nd Century BC on the island of Milos, Greece. This island is where
Dimitri's Great, Great Grandfather discovered the famous statue "Venus
De Milo" in 1886. The statue is now on exhibition at the Louvre
Museum in Paris. Dimitri's family still resides on Milos today.
Dimitri was born in the United States and grew up surrounded by the
post 1950's Abstract Art Movement as well as the contemporary award
winning architectural designs of his father. The groundbreaking work
of local artists Robert
Rauschenberg and Duane
Hanson were also early influences.
Dimitri left the United States in 1981 and went to France to study traditional
painting and sculpture at Beaux Arts in Paris and L'Institut Pour Les
Universites Americaines in Avignon. He also studied at Cezanne's
atelier in Aix en Provence before traveling throughout Europe and
the Mediterranean, expanding his knowledge of classical forms and design.
It was during this period that he began to merge his classical training
with new ideas, thus forming a unique style of his own.
Dimitri's paintings and sculpture integrate large scale abstracted forms
with natural or painted surfaces on canvas, concrete, tempered glass
and most notably, cast and extruded steel. The metal is often left in
an oxidized state or washed with acid to leave a vibrant and earthy
patina. This organic and richly textured quality brings out a warmth
that is characteristic of much of his recent work using that medium.
Dimitri is the founder and president of A.N.E.W. Foundation for the
Arts.
Dimitri's Sculpture
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Dimitri welding, "Corps
Glorieux"
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