Juxtapoz Magazine - Kiriakos Tompolidis "Your Tears Will Dry" @ Vielmetter, Los Angeles

"Vielmetter Los Angeles is excited to announce, Your Tears Will Dry, a solo exhibition of new works by Kiriakos Tompolidis. The paintings included in this exhibition are deeply influenced by Tompolidis' recent move to Mexico City from Berlin, incorporating the color palette, visual sensibilities, and the endemic flora and fauna of his new environment into meticulous portrayals of memories and emotional states."

"In the painting Under the Bougainvillea, a young version of Tompolidis stands in front of an ornately patterned doorway, a vivid fuchsia Bougainvillea cascading over the architecture while stray cats lounge nearby. Like in many of his paintings, photo transfers and other artifacts are seamlessly integrated into the composition - Bougainvillea leaves from Greece are delicately woven in among the petals, and the tactility of the floor tiles is enhanced with collaged elements."

"Tompolidis' paintings occupy an ambiguous and atemporal space that draws from family histories, lived experience, and dreams, and that is made tangible through intricately rendered textures and surface treatments. Patterns in textiles, architecture, and nature function as signifiers of place, time, and cultural context. In the work Her Reflection Tompolidis depicts his grandmother as a young woman, capturing her pensive smile i"

The exhibition Your Tears Will Dry presents new paintings by Kiriakos Tompolidis that synthesize visual elements from Mexico City, Berlin, and Greece. The works draw on the color palette, endemic flora and fauna, and vernacular architecture of his new environment while integrating photographic transfers and collaged materials. Subjects often appear between displacement and familiarity, fragile yet resolved, set within meticulously rendered textures, patinas, and patterned surfaces. The diptychs and figurative scenes bridge childhood memories with recent experiences, revealing parallels across locations. Patterns in textiles, architecture, and nature operate as signifiers of place, time, and cultural belonging.

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