Crucified Man

The "Crucified Man" is a large-scale painting composition that seems to complete a journey of about forty years, a journey that began with the sculpture of Medea in the 1950s. Alex Mylona presents here a monumental artwork which is a protest against God, Destiny or any other factor condemning man to pain and despair.His dismembered body appears in a composition of bright colors and strong forms that restore order, balance and harmony to a fragmented world. The subject is the realization with acrylic paint of a much older plan for the creation of a sculpture, the model of which dates back to 1968; it is the dark years of the dictatorship in Greece and the sculptor suffers its consequences both in her family and in her friendly environment. She is also under close surveillance when her husband, Giorgos Mylonas, who has been exiled to Amorgos, manages to escape. A religious, dramatic theme is the best choice to shape the passion, to talk about the resurrection.