Ioye
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Ioye

France • 1974

Biography

Painter of Greek origin Iorgos Pavlopoulos aka Ioye, practises Graffiti Art since the beginning of the 90s, he expresses his art through the realization of letterings in movement which convey and express and his feelings and moods.

In this series he decides to worship them in the form of icons. The idea comes from childhood memories. When he used to spend time in Orthodox Churches made of murals and full of icons representing saints and apostles.

It is his way of glorifying these letters and put them a pedestal, by decorating each one of them with golden halo.
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