Takis

Greek artist Takis (born Vassilikis Takis) has devoted most of his artistic life to researching magnetism. As an intuitive savant, he believes that all communication occurs through magnetic fields. This intangible and invisible magnetic energy became his primary material, which he stages in different ways to make it observable. Though he carefully works with matter, the material aspect is not the most important dimension of Takis’ work, since he believes that the essential does not reside in the visual, but in what cannot be seen. Science and art are closely related for Takis, because he sees that both artists and scientists are looking for answers to universal questions. They both engage in research, which involves venturing into the unknown. The results of their creative processes can reveal the beauty that lies beneath the surface. Takis has consistently translated this poetic approach to science into works that sensitively deploy the forces of nature. With his Signals, Magnetic Walls and Musicales, he makes invisible energies palpable and invites the spectator to enter into a wordless, energetic dialogue with the sculptures.