Deconstructing Mondrian
By Eleni Mylonas
This is a simple self-made video explaining my deciphering of the layers hiding behind Piet Mondrian’s “Diamond Composition with Gray Lines 1918”. During this process I discovered the rhythm and beauty within each layer and I developed a system that led me to the exploration of Sir Roger Penrose’s Five Fold Symmetry and to my subsequent body of work “Quasi Periodic Space” as well as to several other works based on the magic of mathematics and geometry. “Deconstructing Mondrian” was a point of departure, the foundation of a new way of thinking and working and therefore important to my development as an artist.
About the artist
Eleni Mylonas
A visual artist and world traveler with a background in journalism Eleni Mylonas has produced works of photography, video, painting, sculpture, digital media, installation and performance. She was born in Greece and came to NY on a Fulbright Grant and a scholarship from Columbia University. Her multidisciplinary work has been widely exhibited in Europe and the United States and is in many public and private collections. She has taught at Parson's school for Design /The New School in NY and given many talks on her work. She has been represented by major art galleries in Athens and her works have been exhibited at MoMA/PS1, the Queens Museum, Cooper Union, and Ellis Island Museum in New York, MoMUS/MMCA museums in Thessaloniki, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, EMST in Athens, and the first Athens Biennale "Destroy Athens." She had a major solo show at the BENAKI Museum in Athens and has participated in shows in Germany, Belgium, and the Imago Mundi collection in Italy among many others. Mylonas maintains a Studio in New York and on the island of Aegina, Greece. Circumstances permitting she intends to continue to travel to new destinations and looks forward to collaborating with artists across different disciplines and platforms. http://www.elenimylonasArt.com