REVELATION

REVELATION AND ENVIRONMENT (1995)

In 1995, on the 1900th anniversary of the writing of the Book of Revelation by John, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew asked Warlamis to create a painting collection on the theme of the APOCALYPSE of John, which would accompany the international symposium entitled “APOCALYPSE AND ENVIRONMENT” that was organized “at sea” in the summer of that year under his auspices on the ship “Preveli”.

Of particular interest is the “Pentatectic” series, the works in which Warlamis presented in a paradisiacal environment the people in white clothes – as the text of the Apocalypse describes them – who will be saved after the destruction.

he himself writes...

…I quickly realized that the “children of God” really do not need either fear or terror. It seems much more difficult to remain a child and maintain a childish look. So like the “little prince” I had to draw everything “lowly” and paint it in such a way that the images would charm everyone. If you wish to speak to many people, you must tame all egocentrism. The biggest message is that formalist art must give way to a language that comes directly from the heart.

E. Warlamis

what did they say...

The text of the Revelation urges the reader to attempt an illustration of it. Although the history of art has to show several illustrations of the Revelation (such as the Medieval miniatures in the manuscripts of the Monasteries, the frescoes of Luca Signorelli, and Fra Angelico, the wonderful Athonite representations of the churches, the engravings of Dürer, the paintings of Holbein, Granach, Poussin, etc.) the difficulties of rendering John's vision in its completeness have been evident in all ages, although each artist has tried to find his own specific solutions... After all, the Revelation is the text that renders the heart of the Spirit. And Warlamis orients us towards such a perspective, so that we can see unprejudicedly and outside the tight boundaries of logic or the decay of time, what the Revelation tells us about the past, the present and the future, as if there were no time, only light. Inner and unifying light. Light that every “new child” could experience in its meadows and of course above all, the God of Ages, which each one carries within him…

The message of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the Conference

Collection Presentation

The collection was presented in 1995 on the ship PREVELI where the conference “REVELATION AND ENVIRONMENT” was taking place and then under the auspices of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s Patriarchate it was presented in the capitals of the prefectures of Macedonia and Thrace in collaboration with the local Churches and local authorities.

PAINTINGS

All

The Seven Churches (70X100cm)

The Four Living Creatures (70X100cm)

The White Horseman (180X70cm)

The Black Horseman (180X70cm)

Pentaptych (70X100cm)

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